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    Thread: Plasma Magnet Drive suggestion
Post: RE: Plasma Magnet Drive suggestion

Drashner1 Wrote: (12-03-2023, 01:04 AM) -- Neat! Perhaps we can work this into the early timeline as a probe mission - perhaps not so recent as the paper describes, but these kinds of opportunities h...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 41 596 Yesterday, 08:29 PM
    Thread: Plasma Magnet Drive suggestion
Post: RE: Plasma Magnet Drive suggestion

Reviving this thread because I found a paper from 2022 that gives much more info on the concept: Jupiter Observing Velocity Experiment (JOVE): Introduction to Wind Rider Solar Electric Propulsion Demo...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 41 596 12-02-2023, 04:35 PM
    Thread: Topopolis and Cableville updates
Post: RE: Topopolis and Cableville updates

Huh, didn't realise there were more replies in this thread. I wasn't getting email notifications. Anyway, thanks to everyone for the help.
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 10 189 08-04-2023, 10:25 PM
    Thread: Heartland (expansion/rewrite)
Post: RE: Heartland (expansion/rewrite)

My thoughts: Quote: -- Primary: None: The Heartland Megastructure is in interstellar space -- This is an interesting choice. I assume it orbits the galactic centre at a similar rate to nearby ...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 30 498 06-18-2023, 07:49 PM
    Thread: Demographic Transition
Post: RE: Demographic Transition

"Approaching the year 2100 CE (131 AT), world population was indeed leveling off. However, the predicted decline never occurred. Two factors combined to prevent this: First, it turned out that - as so...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 6 100 05-05-2023, 08:53 PM
    Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos

https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/460db3c4051b7 The Bioship article has an isolated closing parenthesis: This is the reason that feral Autowars can survive in asteroid belts such as those on the Ke...
Tardigrada Website and Content Issues 613 5,982 04-22-2023, 08:42 AM
    Thread: Logistics
Post: RE: Logistics

ProxCenBound Wrote: (04-11-2023, 10:03 AM) -- Tardigrada Wrote: (04-08-2023, 09:14 AM) -- Sorry for necro-ing the thread, but I noticed what seems to be a typo in the Logistics article: "There ar...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 41 596 04-13-2023, 06:14 PM
    Thread: Logistics
Post: RE: Logistics

Sorry for necro-ing the thread, but I noticed what seems to be a typo in the Logistics article: "There are some cases where the logistical concern is a flow of raw or refined material, but large sc...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 41 596 04-08-2023, 09:14 AM
    Thread: Topopolis and Cableville updates
Post: RE: Topopolis and Cableville updates

Drashner1 Wrote: (04-03-2023, 01:20 AM) -- My apologies also for the delay in replying to this. Been a lot of balls in the air. Focusing mostly on content atm, my thoughts below: a) There's no ...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 10 189 04-03-2023, 09:38 PM
    Thread: Topopolis and Cableville updates
Post: Topopolis and Cableville updates

Looking at the Topopolis article (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4cea908020d1e), it's quite short and the text lacks links. What's currently there is just: Quote: -- Long, thin, rotating hab...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 10 189 03-25-2023, 11:16 AM
    Thread: Amethyst Habitat
Post: RE: Amethyst Habitat

This looks interesting, here are my thoughts. ProxCenBound Wrote: (03-20-2023, 12:35 PM) -- It is the largest habitat in the band, and the 3rd largest in the system. -- Do you have any ideas about...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 25 437 03-25-2023, 08:44 AM
    Thread: Ross 614 repeated text
Post: Ross 614 repeated text

I was reading through the Ross 614 (https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4ba1f99323bf1) article and noticed an odd bit of repeated text. Quote: -- This system is currently being converted into twi...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 1 23 11-06-2022, 07:14 AM
    Thread: Addition to Terraforming
Post: RE: Addition to Terraforming

Thanks for the replies. To give some numbers for my idea: Europa (using it as an example) has a mean surface temperature of -171 C. This would presumably increase going down from the surface, thank...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 10 92 09-22-2022, 07:14 PM
    Thread: Addition to Terraforming
Post: Addition to Terraforming

This is an idea I had that could be added to the Terraforming (https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4851e16f514d0)article. Basically, it's centred on the fact that Europan Type Worlds (https://orionsarm....
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 10 92 09-21-2022, 07:21 PM
    Thread: Ederworld variant idea
Post: RE: Ederworld variant idea

stevebowers Wrote: (09-19-2022, 10:57 PM) -- The other thing that worries me about Ederworlds in general is that they could spontaneously collapse because of random surface ripples and inversions. If...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 8 62 09-20-2022, 08:30 PM
    Thread: Ederworld variant idea
Post: RE: Ederworld variant idea

Drashner1 Wrote: (09-18-2022, 01:45 AM) -- I don't have the math know how to compute this, but the thought that comes to mind is that if you are adding enough H2 to generate metallic H2 (even if just...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 8 62 09-19-2022, 07:47 PM
    Thread: Ederworld variant idea
Post: Ederworld variant idea

https://orionsarm.com/im_store/med_edercrosssection.png I was reading the Ederworlds (https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/48472f9d56859) page and I noticed that this design has only gas (usually hydroge...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 8 62 09-17-2022, 04:22 PM
    Thread: Interstellar Exploration - rewrite
Post: RE: Interstellar Exploration - rewrite

Something I'd add regarding this paragraph: "From the earliest days of interplanetary history through the First Federation period, interstellar travel was still a challenging, expensive, and risky ...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 15 207 07-12-2021, 09:30 AM
    Thread: Fiber Habitat
Post: RE: Fiber Habitat

Looking at the last paragraph of the Fiber Habs (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/60525c7b88e49) page: A sphere this size has a volume of 21,971,669,064,430 km^3. For comparison, a fiber hab th...
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 16 263 07-05-2021, 09:39 PM
    Thread: Plasma Magnet Drive suggestion
Post: RE: Plasma Magnet Drive suggestion

Late reply, but thanks for all the help!
Tardigrada Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 41 596 06-29-2021, 08:47 AM