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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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Precision Destruction by a Cosmic Being (Or how to destroy StackExchange from space)

Just reorient a couple asteroids such that they impact the appropriate locations. Sure, there will be collateral damage, but sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet.
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Ethical solution to generation ship where new generation want to go home

This has been handled in a few different ways. Herbert (Destination: Void) solved the problem by having the crew believe the ship was wired to explode if they decided to turn around and go home. Rob …
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How large would an orbiting structure have to be to be largely unexplored after 100 years?

The Great Pyramid in Giza is roughly 91 million cubic feet in size. It is estimated to be around 4,600 years old and we still haven't fully mapped it out. So, taking into account the #3 and #4 req …
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