A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.........
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Dec 2022
9:02pm, 17 Dec 2022
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rf_fozzy
Just remember, it's turtles all the way down.
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Dec 2022
9:08pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Badger
Oh yes, must remember the major competing hypotheses 🙂
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Dec 2022
9:12pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Groundhog
Imagine if any of these space based stories used real physics, there wouldn't be much going on. Over 4 years to the next nearest star at light speed and, oh dear, no suitable sized planet in a Goldilocks zone? If I want to boldly go and find a short cut to the Kessel run, then I'm happy to hang any disbelief on a very high hook.
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Dec 2022
9:21pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Nellers
HAve you tried The Expanse yet,
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Dec 2022
9:22pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Nellers
Have you tried the Expanse yet, Groundhog? It stays pretty close to actual physics and is an amazing series. Well worth a go.
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Dec 2022
9:23pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Nellers
And I see your "Harry Potter in Space" and raise you "Hornblower in Space", but so what?
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Dec 2022
9:23pm, 17 Dec 2022
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rf_fozzy
Warp Drive doesn't actually make the ships travel FTL. Instead it generates a warp bubble that bends space-time to make it appear as though they are travelling faster than light. en.wikipedia.org |
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Dec 2022
9:24pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Nellers
Which is so much more plausible scientifically isn't it?
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Dec 2022
9:25pm, 17 Dec 2022
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Angus Clydesdale
Have you tried the Expanse yet, Groundhog? It stays pretty close to actual physics and is an amazing series. Well worth a go. Expanse started out really well, but became tedious for me. I wanted to like it and probably ought to get back to it. |
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Dec 2022
9:25pm, 17 Dec 2022
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rf_fozzy
Actually it was originally 'Gunsmoke in space' that inspired the original series: "A wagon train to the stars" as Gene Rodenberry described it. However, Star Trek II:WOK did indeed take inspiration from Hornblower - Nicholas Meyer was quite explicit about that. |
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