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Jun 16, 2020 at 11:03 history edited CommunityBot
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Oct 14, 2019 at 14:35 comment added Efialtes shuriken isn't a great idea because if you are floating in zero g you don't rly have much to brace yourself on to be able to throw an object with good velocity.
Jul 1, 2018 at 0:25 history edited Gryphon CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 29, 2018 at 11:18 comment added joojaa @MatthewNajmon maybe its the picture the workers embedded in the sail that is both big and ...
Jun 28, 2018 at 22:41 comment added The Square-Cube Law @MatthewNajmon the words I would use to describe how huge they are were it not for the be nice policy.
Jun 28, 2018 at 22:31 comment added Matthew Najmon What's so immoral about really big solar sails?
Jun 28, 2018 at 18:43 history edited The Square-Cube Law CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 28, 2018 at 14:00 comment added The Square-Cube Law @Jammin4CO I am more of the opinion that fire + pure oxygen = beauty and potential for comedy gold, but then again, YMMV.
Jun 28, 2018 at 13:52 comment added Jammin4CO @JAB Fire + pure oxygen = VERY bad
Jun 28, 2018 at 13:42 history edited The Square-Cube Law CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 28, 2018 at 10:48 comment added Korthalion Spitting a flaming liquid around in zero-G isn't going to do you or your buddies any favours either. Sure it might originally go in the right direction but burning humans tend to flail, which would send burning accelerant in all directions.
Jun 28, 2018 at 9:08 comment added M.Herzkamp You can use a flamethrower, which includes oxidizer in its fuel already (maybe dual chambers). Thus at least you won't eat nearly as much oxygen.
Jun 28, 2018 at 6:01 comment added Daniel B It seems a bit of an unfair statement in wake of my suggesting nerve gas. But my main concerns were that fires on a space station are a Really Bad Thing. You're going to eat up a lot of oxygen. It can spread in any direction, instead of primarily burning upwards. In a forced-air atmosphere, you have plenty of convection to take it everywhere. Smoke spreads everywhere, turning visibility to shit. The temperature will rise really quickly, since it's an enclosed space. Shipboard fires already cause the most total losses in naval situations. Space is even worse.
Jun 28, 2018 at 5:53 comment added JAB @Renan Fire + limited oxygen = bad
Jun 28, 2018 at 5:31 comment added The Square-Cube Law @DanielB Why? I am honestly and sincerely curious.
Jun 28, 2018 at 5:18 comment added Daniel B You really, really, really, do not want to use a flamethrower on the same space station as you happen to be on.
Jun 28, 2018 at 4:12 history answered The Square-Cube Law CC BY-SA 4.0