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For questions that require plausible (better than suspension-of-disbelief) answers based on Real World science that are not necessarily constrained to the known limits of Real World science. Contrast with the hard-science, science-fiction and internal-consistency tags. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, hard-science, or internal-consistency tags.

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What distinction could there be between space torpedoes and space missiles?

Simply make Torpedoes a class of missile. For example, the T1269 'Harbinger' is a Torpedo-class Missile system. A similar example to this is the idea of Destroyers and Battleships. Fundamentally, bo …
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Placement of redundant containment systems?

You're not isolating the hole from the station, you're isolating the station from the hole. The reality warping effects of The Strangeness are fairly potent over long exposure. In essence, the shield …
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Why would astronauts go to space to mine asteroids?

The cost of a mining robot/drone is 10,000 futurebucks per robot, which need to be replaced every few months due to wear. The cost of prisoners that are shipped to space to serve out their sentence i …
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