Atomic rockets and other cool stuff
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Gentleman John
Banded Mongoose
A useful site that I have used to reverse-engineer propulsion systems from different sci-fi settings and gearhead my own. A word of warning, though. Mr Chung's website is very heavy on the maths. But, if you persevere, there are plenty of gems in there for designing "realistic" (alright, scientifically consistent) spacecraft.
Oh. And why female space cadets should never wear skirts.
Oh. And why female space cadets should never wear skirts.
That was retarded. If he's being serious, he's an idiot. If he was being tongue in cheek, which I hope he was, then I got no problem with it.Gentleman John said:
In real life, if you look up a girl's skirt without getting the green light from her, it's called sexual harassment. Depending on the seriousness of your local law level, this could even result in criminal charges being pursued. Even if some men are perverts, that doesn't stop the vast majority of women from wearing skirts.
Dave Chase
Mongoose
Stofsk said:
Of course he is a pervet :lol: , he didn't make any comment about men not wearing skirts (kilts). :twisted:
Dave Chase
alex_greene
Guest
Some SF authors postulated the idea of entirely clothes optional environments. If you were going to get blown out into a vacuum, would a jumpsuit make any difference?
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
rust said:A jumpsuit is a nice way to carry all the stuff one needs day by day whilealex_greene said:
one waits to get blown out into the vacuum ...
Chewie did OK with a utility harness/belt...
Dave Chase
Mongoose
rust said:A jumpsuit is a nice way to carry all the stuff one needs day by day whilealex_greene said:
one waits to get blown out into the vacuum ...
Suits, cloths, who needs them. :evil:
A good harnass is all you need. Hang what pouches or tools as you need need them and if the harness is an all body type (as some climbing safety harnasses are) you could even use it to strap in a couch or such.
As for the skirt or kilt getting in the way, I was thinking that the short ones could have snap or such in the middle that would simply make them like a pair of shorts. Helps prevent some chaffing that way while wearing that hard suit.
:lol:
Dave Chase
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
Short skirts worked for men and women in the first season of ST:TNG, so it's good enough for me. :lol:
Gentleman John
Banded Mongoose
Stofsk said:
The comment in question was made in a section describing how, in order to save weight, most decking should be made of a grille. It was merely an example of Mr Chung's delivery, showing that ship design decisions could also have social consequences - like appropriate dress codes. I mentioned it to show his site was not all dry mathematics.
There's no "cheesecake" on the site. Mind you, there's still a lot of maths there ...
Gentleman John
Banded Mongoose
Velour tops and flared trousers, anyone?
rust said:Swimsuits for our current setting ...
[Guess why we left that cold desert world behind and moved to a nice
warm water world. :wink: ]
Genetically engineered home galactans with built in pockets (pouches) to carried their stuff, that way you can live naked and free in confined and controled enviroment of a starship. :wink:
clothing opional? I was hoping this thread would wander into the differences between modern/ classic 'space' adventure....
...but, I'd take what I can get 8)
lucasdigital
Banded Mongoose
That's always been a fave site, it's a real treasure trove of straight talking science based spaceship design. Although it can be a bit of a kill joy.... I likes my spin habitats. :-(
I played with one link where you (java based) punch in the any 2 numbers (grav desired/radii/spin rate) and get the missing for your habitat.
I was shooting for minimun radii needed for reasonable grav... still came out to seem dang big (though with all of space to use, maybe not that big...) :lol:
that's one link from that site I can use...
I was shooting for minimun radii needed for reasonable grav... still came out to seem dang big (though with all of space to use, maybe not that big...) :lol:
that's one link from that site I can use...
