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Pick a different axis (lemmy.world)

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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website 56 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

And orbiting past each other at 15 kilometers a second

[-] Perfide@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago

They're orbiting around the earth at those speeds, but the relative speed difference between two objects orbiting the same planet could be anywhere from 0km/s all the way up to the combined orbital speeds of each object(i.e if both objects are going 15km/s, then the max possible speed they could whizz past each other is 30km/s), depending on which direction the objects are traveling.

Think about cars all traveling the speed limit(say, 40km an hour) on a straight road. The cars going the same direction as each other have no speed difference, they're moving relative to the earths surface, but relative to each other they're not moving at all. The speed difference with a car going the opposite direction, on the other hand, would be 80km an hour.

[-] danielbln@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, no need to scrape the hull, radio works just fine.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

Deep space ships also wouldn't look like futuristic planes, because aerodynamics are only needed to escape earth's atmosphere. Likely we'd be building deep space ships in space, so as not to waste fuel breaking the atmosphere. Borg cube is more likely.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

Corners would suck in space unles the structure wasn't pressurized. most ships would probably be a series of tubes. They would also need to spin to allow any sort of gravity, unless we invent anti-gravity tech.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

most ships would probably be a series of tubes

Like the Internet?!?!

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

The Borg have spheres, too.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

There may be parts that are pressurized tubes but cubes have more storage space than cylinders of the same size so the overall structure could be a cube.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

took me a second to realize "no u" was upside down and not just oddly spaced

[-] UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I am not the only one then

[-] Deme@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago

Good thing The Expanse is a series instead of a movie.

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Too bad that's not The Expanse.

[-] Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Yes? Never claimed otherwise.

My point was that there are thankfully exceptions to this prevalent trope.

[-] NotSpez@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I miss BSG.

[-] neidu@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

So say we all

[-] NotADeer@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of this https://youtu.be/Q9W7pvOLxmQ?si=LQuqHOrkwcS1wnQg

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[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

only god knows which direction truly is to the left

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