Timeline for What is the most effective way to brake from interstellar speeds?
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| Oct 2, 2017 at 0:31 | comment | added | pojo-guy | With the extensive research on exoplanets being public domain, the planets around alpha centaur are known. You might want to pick another star. | |
| Oct 1, 2017 at 22:10 | answer | added | Anton Tykhyy | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 30, 2016 at 12:10 | answer | added | papidave | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | ruckus | In the starwars universe, they use a technology called "inertial dampeners" As seen in the "car chase" scene in episode two, they work quite well. Although it is never really specified how this happens, it doesn't appear like starwars has ever gotten flack for their lack of supporting science. starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Inertial_compensator It's also a super usefull card in the board game, that's how I knew about it. :D | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 14:19 | answer | added | Agent_L | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 4:29 | comment | added | user6760 | Can we convert linear momentum into angular momentum? | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 2:55 | answer | added | Loren Pechtel | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 2:27 | answer | added | Joshua | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 2:18 | answer | added | Phil Miller | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 1:42 | comment | added | JDługosz | A hot Jupiter would have additional elements for the story. The colony would have to deal with iron rain and ambient temperature with more digits than people are meant for. Though the planet has nothing to do with the breaking problem, unless someone finds a way to use it in the solution. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 23:54 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @JDługosz It might have been Bisikalo et a. (2013), which talked about Hot Jupiters building envelopes; accretion (in tiny amounts) begins at 4-5 planetary radii. A planet with a volume three times that of Jupiter would need to have a substantial envelope building at $\sqrt[3]{3}$ Jupiter radii, which is certainly possible. Note that the article you linked is about Super Jupiters doesn't tell the whole story; "hot" planets gain volume at a greater pace than "cold" planets because they have lower densities. "Puffy planets" are also relevant. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 23:45 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @JDługosz I could have sworn I read it somewhere, and I'll keep searching to remember it, but I'll acknowledge that it's exceedingly probable that you're right and I'm wrong. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 22:06 | comment | added | JDługosz | Citation or link? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-Jupiter "Even though they are more massive than Jupiter, they remain about the same size as Jupiter up to 80 Jupiter masses" that's a summary; I learned details from a SETI seminar on brown dwarfs. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 21:54 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @JDługosz You'd be surprised. It's possible. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 21:47 | answer | added | Emilio M Bumachar | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 21:44 | answer | added | JDługosz | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 21:35 | comment | added | JDługosz | A planet can't be 3 times the volume of Jupiter. Add more mass, it gets denser but only slightly larger. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 20:23 | answer | added | Profane tmesis | timeline score: 16 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 19:28 | answer | added | darkflame | timeline score: -1 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 18:41 | comment | added | Moby Disk | What rate of deceleration can the ship and crew physically tolerate? | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 13:49 | answer | added | HDE 226868♦ | timeline score: 14 | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 13:39 | comment | added | MedwedianPresident2 | It refers to volume, the density is about the same. Alpha Centauri is distance measurement. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 13:26 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | Do you use Alpha Centauri just as a distance measurement? The planets you talk about don't exist in the real world; for clarity, it might be better to use a fictional star, so people don't confuse this Alpha Centauri and the real one. Also, is "3 times the size of Jupiter" referring to mass or volume? | |
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| Aug 30, 2015 at 13:21 | history | asked | MedwedianPresident2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |