Ship Design Philosophy

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Starwarships: Hulls and Star Trek: K'Tinga Class Battlecruiser | Ship Breakdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6osAJY4ZRXg


1. Cloaking.

2. ... superceded by Birds of Prey and ... far larger capital ships ...

3. If the Klingons think that their stealthed battlecruiser concept had become obsolescent, who would know better?

 

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Spaceships: Accommodations and Do Salt Lamps Work?

Do negative air ions improve mood, anxiety, depression, alertness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ--scjcAZ4


1. Cosmic rays.

2. Serotonin and feelings of well being.

3. Tourmaline lamps.

4. Ozone.

5. Placebo?

 

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Spaceships: Engineering and FAB Facts: The Fireball XL5 Reference hidden in Star Trek

It could be a big coincidence... but it's possible that the NBC team making Star Trek enjoyed Fireball XL5 enough to slip in a reference in the set of the Enterprise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXMpaYbNXq0


Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing.

 

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Spaceships: Electronics and H1MIN: MARK31 TORPEDO DIRECTOR

The U.S. Navy Mark 31 Torpedo Director was a simple mechanical device to quickly calculate a torpedo firing solution to target. It removed the complexity of trigonometric calculations of firing a torpedo on a moving target. This video shows how it was used on a PT boat during World War 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2Iayi3AvM


When the power goes out.

 

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Spaceships: Accommodations and Sonic Shower Power

Looking into the how the sonic shower is supposed to work yields little information from Star Trek sources that simply state that sonic pulses clean the user, but and real world devices cannot really help us with this one.
Still more feasible than the transporter though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=904WxPKdjZI


I think I want a hot tub in my spaceship; going by the foregoing, sonic waves will enhance the experience.

Also, in theory, we have lots of water tanks.

 

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Spaceships: Armaments, Turrets, Vertical Launch Systems, and Missiles

1. It probably would make for sense for commercial shipping to bury their missile armament in vertical launch tubes.

2. This would secure the missiles from interference from unauthorized people, such as passengers and crew that has no business handling them.

3. Also, in theory, they would be secure from possible mishandling by authorized personnel and damage by mishaps.

 

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Inspiration: The Expanse // Ship Size Comparison // 3D

Our channel presents dynamic data visualization on various topics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihl_178SopE


Canterbury is a lot bigger than I thought.

 

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Starships: Engineering and Does Time Cause Gravity?

We know that gravity must cause clocks to run slow on the basis of logical consistency. And we know that gravity DOES cause clocks to run slow based on many brilliant experiments. But I never explained WHY or HOW gravity causes the flow of time to slow down. And I’m not going to explain it now - because in a sense it’s not true. Gravity does NOT warp the flow of time. It’s the other way around - the warping of time causes gravity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKxQTvqcpSg


1. Could jumpspace be actually the time dimension?

2. Somehow intersecting with gravity and quantum mechanics?

3. Without quite instant communications between two points, but fast enough?

4. And existing and not existing at the same time, incubated within the jump bubble?

 

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Spaceships: Hulls and "I'll Do It Myself": The Greatest Feat of Piloting in Space

On April 9, 1959, the newly-formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, introduced the world to a new breed of heroes: the Mercury Seven, America’s first astronauts. Se-lected from a pool of over 500 military test pilots, these men represented the best the nation had to offer, and its best hope in the intensifying Space Race against the Soviets. Almost immediately, the Mercury Seven became national heroes: on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard would became the first American in space, while on February 20, 1962, John Glenn would become the first American to orbit the earth, a feat which catapulted him to superstardom. But among these early pioneers was an astronaut who, while less well-known to the public, would become a legend in the aviation com-munity. His name was Gordo Cooper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POxf9nPgDWU


1. Why you still have windscreens on the bridge.

2. Steak and eggs - low residue diet.

3. Periscope.

4. Mission patch.

5. Ancient and Honourable Order of Turtles.

 

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Spaceships: Engineering and Are Stirling Engines the Future of Renewable Energy Storage?

Are Stirling Engines the Future of Renewable Energy Storage? Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/undecided​ and enter promo code UNDECIDED for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! Thanks to the rise of intermittent renewable energy sources, we’ve seen increased demand for new energy storage technologies, like batteries, pumped storage hydropower, and flywheels. But what if I told you that this little toy, a 200-year-old invention, combined with thermal energy storage might be a promising solution? Let’s explore the Stirling Engine and the future of renewable energy storage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3FckQoDws


We do have lots of hydrogen, and apparently, waste heat.

 

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Spaceships: Armament and Torpedoes

1. If the size reverts back to two and a half tonnes, the torpedo qualifies as a spacecraft with a default one hull point.

2. This would allow the hull to be armoured, making it harder to shoot up, which I believe was an additional benefit.

3. Sub ten tonnes should allow additional agility and difficulty to target.

4. Of course, you probably have to clarify exactly how much damage point defence causes.

5. Probably makes it worthwhile to install manoeuvre drives, in addition to reactionary rockets, giving a potential twenty five gees acceleration.

6. And you can stealth the torpedo.

 

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Starships: Engineering, Electronics and Hiver Automation Packages

High Guard

1. Okay.

2. Command centres - bridges can be larger, whether or duplication of controls or add in modules, like the Captain's ready room.

3. Combat Information Centre.

4. Controls should fit personnel.

5. I guess they can afford it.

6. Ship automation - black boxed; carry spares.

7. Makes sense, though needs to be really spelled out.

8. Pre installed software.

9. Semi automated mode - point and click, while keeping an eye on the monitor.

10. It's like running a battle simulation.

11. Full automated mode - rather abstract, call it macro mode.

12. Advanced driver assistance system.

13. Operating an automated ship - Youtube tutorials.

14. Silly rabbit: minus for on all skill chex; slow motion.

15. Semi automated mode allows effective intervention, assuming the interventioner knows what they are doing.

16. Keep track if all assistance software programmes.

17. Auto plotted jumps - apparently, intuition plays a part in astrogation.

18. Conscious intelligence, is there a minimum?

19. Automation packages - connected functions.

20. Full automation - might be optimal for short range hops.

21. Critical systems automation - full automation lite.

22. General systems automation - administration and stewardship?

23. Automated piloting - autopilot and traffic control.

24. Automated piloting and astrogation - Google maps.

25. Automated power plant operation - probably best when you hop from starport to starport.

26. Automated manoeuvre drive operation - probably the easiest to let operate on its own.

27. Automated jump drive operation - jumps aren't really standard procedures, so arguable if you occur zero, minus two or minus four additional penalties to misjump.

28. Integrated engineering automation - needs more STEM disciples.

29. Automated weapon - mines and booby traps.

30. Automated mission (related equipment) - at this point, if it wasn't a Hiver, I would think five year mission.

 

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Starships: Hulls and Auspicious Hulls

High Guard

1. Aesthetics and traditions.

2. Droyne hulls - hand built, and ornamentation; double the cost.

3. Auspicious hulls - technically, does it affect the abilities of non Droyne crew members; does it affect social interaction with non Droyne?

4. Construction and ornamentation may be two separate processes.

5. Ship heart chamber - throne room.

6. Five kay plus hulls acts as command bridge; broker probably works on non Droyne.

7. Scales with hull size.

8. Droyne accommodation - pod cluster; we do have capsule hotels.

9. Ceremonial spaces; reception areas, etecetera.

10. Safe spaces.

 

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Spaceships: Hulls and Never Built 1200 Marine Spaceship Rocket - Anywhere in the world in 45 Minutes - ICARUS

Chapters:
0:00​ - Introduction
0:44​ - Human Rockets in WW2
2:40​ - Incredible Parter Amazon
3:58​ - ICARUS
6:17​ - Launching the rocket!
8:07​ - Jetpacks?!
8:54​ - Hidden Features
9:40​ - What Happened?
12:15​ - Future Of Earth To Earth Rockets

Carrying 1,200 marines around the world in just 45 minutes, this incredible rocket design would have radically changed the battlefield and made everything from aircraft to battleships obsolete.

But this crazy invention never quite made it off the drawing board and became forgotten in a world obsessed with machines with wings.

This is the never-built ICARUS rocket!

One of the very first was during world war two. Rocket scientist von Bran sketched a rough drawing of three men inside of a V2 nazi rocket, hinting at further aspirations of rocket travel. But this design wouldn't get picked up until nearly 20 years later in 1956.

Using a Jupiter IRBM as the base, this rocket design would instead of a payload transport 18 combat troops 500 miles (800km) into the heart of the battle. It would land using a combination of thrusters and parachutes.

This concept would then be picked up by the army and modified into the Transport Version of the Redstone Short Range Ballistic Missle. But this concept could only carry as many troops as a helicopter and had the same range.

In 1963, engineer Phil Bono took the existing concept of ROMBUS, ground to orbit heavy-lift rocket and modified it for military earth-to-earth operations. It was called Inter-continental Aerospacecraft Range Unlimited System, or ICARUS

It was able to carry 1,200 fully equipped soldiers or 132 tonnes of military equipment within 7600 nautical miles. The rocket would launch and achieve a speed of 17,000 miles per hour, meaning any point in the range could be reached in only 45 minutes.

For this rocket to work, it would require a 70-foot in diameter payload model with six decks - pressurized for the flight. It also had strong landing gear and rockets to allow the spacecraft to land safely.

The commandant of the USMC, General Wallace M. Greene Jr quoted "The impact of this application of space technology of the project of national military power is staggering to contemplate"

By the next year of 1964, the concept was well underway of development, although with a changed name. the powers that be didn't quite like the Icarus legend and thus changed it to Ithacus.

How would it work?

Soldiers would have been 'stacked' on six decks with couches for 200 of each level. The couches would have rotated for each phase of flight, and the soldiers would have been able to comfortably ride the rocket.

There would have been a separate crew compartment for four pilots, located in an ejectable capsule on the side of the rocket.

For a normal mission, the rocket would launch with a 3-g acceleration for 70 seconds. . The rocket would ark at 127 nautical miles, 235 km, above the surface. The spacecraft would then perform it's 10 minutes descent, hitting the atmosphere at 400,000 feet. Once deactivated, it would glide to the landing zone before coming laterally still and stalling over the intended drop zone. At 2,500 feet or 700 meters, the rocket would ignite its engines again and land like the luna module.

The project was intended to be developed alongside the original ROMBUS rocket project - simply becoming an offshoot from that design. As the ROMBUS didn't move ahead, it would have been substantially expensive to go ahead with the ICARUS design.

Hence, why the engineers also worked on a design called the ICARUS Jr. A smaller rocket with the same range but could only carry 170 troops or 33,500 kg of cargo.

The advantage of this smaller design was that it wasn't limited to land-based launch sites. It could actually be launched off the deck of a nuclear aircraft carrier (a modified one).

When the military passed on the idea, JR design was remarketed as the Pegasus global transport by Douglas.

But unlike these rocket ideas, they never really took off and US space exploration shifted dramatically after Apollo to an idea of a reusable aircraft shuttle. Douglas tried to shift with a concept called the Hyperion, a rocket sled aircraft that launched off a mountain.

There were attempts over each decade to bring the concept back of a manned missile system, such as the Douglas clipper that proved the reusable rocket model

As Space X forges a new pathway to the stars, we can't but help imagine that had this military project gone ahead we might today be decades further in our exploration in space - or we might have entered a new age of war and strife. After all, when countries can be toppled in a manner of minutes, what do borders even mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRpSiPy4EU


1. Aerospace Marines.

2. All for one.

3. Junior.

4. Dual use.

5. It's basically what they'd like the Osprey to do.

 

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Inspiration: B10 Battleship - Guide 2293

The Klingon Empire is honoured to take part in your annual day of knowing deception!

Ship history and artwork by kind permission of Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STb7jPLnbPw


1. Stocky boi.

2. Aslans as Klingons.

 

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Spaceships: Engineering and Stirling engines - an old idea that's leading the way

More Stirling engines! Technology! SCIENCE! A museum! Building things! Problems! Opportunities!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZVnxrcosc


1. Stealth, apparently.

2. Will it pay for itself in five years?

3. Admittingly, I rather doubt any number of Stirling engines will generate half a gigawatt or one power point.

 

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No, they are not stealthy.

 

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I suppose the Swedes wanted to pull the wool over the eyes of the Americans.

 

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Inspiration: Doctor Who - Entire Cast & Crew 500 Miles Special

Made by Jennie Fava & edited by Geraint Huw Reynolds.

To The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", here's the cast and crew special for the end of David Tennant's tenure as the Doctor.
It was watched at the wrap party with all the cast and crew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c6qENWh2jQ

 

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We come in peep.