Timeline for What are ways a horned alien race could wear space helmets?
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| Jan 7, 2019 at 3:31 | vote | accept | Tardigreat | ||
| Jan 6, 2019 at 14:22 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor | Inspired by Doctor Who? | |
| Jan 6, 2019 at 9:11 | answer | added | Andy Dent | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 6, 2019 at 3:09 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 2 | |
| S Jan 6, 2019 at 0:41 | history | suggested | Wasabi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 23:55 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 23:34 | answer | added | elemtilas | timeline score: 6 | |
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 23:22 | comment | added | Mazura | 'it is inconvenient' - so's my beard. I can't haz space either? | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:33 | history | edited | Tardigreat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:26 | comment | added | Tardigreat | @Sava Not so advanced that these humans would have teleporters and force fields, but advanced enough to make self sustaining migrant ships to other planets within the Milky Way. I don't know how to describe that level of technology short hand because it doesn't yet exist. | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:24 | comment | added | Sava | @Tardigreat 'Space-fairing human technology' is very vague and can cover many possibilities, you need to be more precise. Is the available technology equal to what we have today or is it Star Trek like? Do they have forcefields? The ability to produce metamaterials that we can only dream of today? Etc... | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:24 | answer | added | Demigan | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:21 | history | edited | Tardigreat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:17 | comment | added | Tardigreat | @Sava I'll add that to the question. They were uplifted by humans, so human level technology | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:16 | comment | added | Sava | What kind of technology do they have at their disposal? | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 21:07 | history | edited | Tardigreat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 20:51 | comment | added | JBH | Thanks, please edit your question to include that information (and hopefully quite a bit more). Never assume people will read through comments to find clarifications. Cheers! | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 20:44 | comment | added | Tardigreat | @JBH The horns are used defensively, so they can withstand a beating, but it will wear if exposed to sand storms (essentially sand blasting it and dulling it) | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 20:42 | comment | added | Tardigreat | @JBH The horns are antler like in it's beginning growth stages shortly after the alien is born, supplying nutrients to grow the 'horn'. The velvet like structure sheds as the horn grows under it (think of it like young teeth growing out of gums). When the horn is fully developed, no blood supply remains except at the very base. Provided you are above the base of the horn, there are no nerves, and it can fall off/regrow if cut or severely damaged. | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 20:37 | comment | added | JBH | Also, you're only considering their shape (the volume of space affected by their existence). Let's assume you build a helmet that simply has well-sealed holes for the horns. Please explain the nature of the horns. Are there nerves in the horns? How would they react to the vacuum of space? Would they take damage in high heat or low cold? How would they stand up to a fierce sand storm? Can I expose the horn to the vagaries of scifi space travel? | |
| Jan 5, 2019 at 20:33 | comment | added | JBH |
I don't want the helmet to be overly cumbersome As people think through answers, please bear in mind that your creatures have horns and you're thinking like a human. Human helmets must accomodate the size of our heads, our ears, noses, the fact that our faces project forward from our necks, and some (if not all) hair. We don't think it's cumbersome because it's what we are. Your aliens won't think of their horns (or the helmets accomodating them) as cumbersome. Heck - heads are cumbersome. You have to keep moving them to avoid hitting tree branches.
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 20:29 | history | asked | Tardigreat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |