Tag: space-travel

79 Could astronauts find their bearings in the Universe after being transported 6 gigalightyears from Earth? 2017-12-03T21:11:48.977

73 How could we fake a moon landing now? 2019-04-17T18:44:38.583

71 How can I move a planet? 2016-06-20T19:15:43.183

71 Ugh, I'm stuck in an orbital spaceport. But why? 2016-12-14T15:37:01.760

61 Why would technology dictate graphical interfaces to be rare on spaceships? 2017-11-12T09:23:01.913

59 How to prevent superluminal traveling idiots from wrecking half of the universe? 2019-02-06T12:45:25.877

56 FTL travel is impossible. How is interstellar trade possible? 2015-05-14T13:14:15.987

56 Is space piracy orbitally practical? 2016-11-30T18:44:53.720

54 How would people conceivably escape a planet too large for chemical rockets? 2018-02-12T23:05:55.413

54 How do spaceships determine each other's mass in space? 2019-03-07T09:34:11.150

53 Are there any ways to allow some form of FTL travel without allowing time travel? 2016-07-11T00:28:25.177

52 What could prevent a sentient species from going to space? 2016-06-21T07:14:04.617

47 What would be the most effective way of keeping a psychopath with a spaceship from wreaking severe havoc in a suicide crash? 2014-09-17T01:30:40.307

46 Society rules for marriages and love on multigeneration ship 2016-01-19T14:13:03.180

44 How to add tactics and maneuvering into space warfare 2015-11-19T18:17:12.273

43 Electricity free spaceship 2019-06-05T21:03:12.277

42 Why would a previously spacefaring civilization become unable to build another interstellar ship? 2019-01-03T11:29:08.840

41 How can a space station prevent docked ships from irradiating each other or the station? 2017-07-14T14:42:03.200

40 Why would space fleets be aligned? 2019-02-26T17:39:47.943

39 How long would human immunity last in space? 2016-12-13T14:39:03.117

38 Why would PMCs be in politically-unstable places, as opposed to waiting in comfort to be called? 2015-12-06T01:41:51.250

38 Interstellar war without co-ordination, is fine timing important at these scales? 2018-05-21T15:53:36.353

37 How would two ships travelling at light speed communicate with one another? 2014-12-11T10:37:18.457

37 Non-relativistic FTL is trivial. Why are spaceships mostly pretty small? 2017-02-13T20:38:31.840

37 How can paleolithic humans colonise the stars without direct help from aliens and still be primitive? 2018-05-08T06:56:47.917

37 Can a space-faring robot still function over a billion years? 2019-03-05T17:42:42.897

37 How to get directions in deep space? 2019-03-19T19:27:45.060

35 Are dead worlds a good galactic barrier? 2019-10-08T16:55:57.717

34 How can you find where the Earth is, if you were lost near Neptune? 2017-02-16T15:26:27.517

34 Why is dwarfism considered an advantage for jobs in space? 2019-12-06T18:31:00.320

33 Are external lights on spaceships even necessary? 2017-11-14T03:25:06.510

33 Does my Fast-as-Light travel method run afoul of causality or relativity? 2018-03-20T13:08:32.513

33 What does the view outside my ship traveling at light speed look like? 2019-05-23T20:31:20.333

31 How to effectively slow down a ship about to shoot through the Solar System at 0.6c? 2016-04-25T14:24:47.760

31 How to avoid FTL as a plot device? 2016-07-14T22:42:27.880

31 What could possibly power an Alcubierre drive? 2019-10-07T15:40:41.680

30 Two or more advanced civilizations aren't even aware of each other 2017-03-30T16:19:35.960

30 Non-aqueous eyes? 2019-06-05T20:10:10.610

28 How close to interstellar space travel could humans get in the near future? 2014-11-09T20:10:21.387

28 Could a civilisation exist as 'space-nomads'? 2015-01-26T10:16:29.160

28 Skydiving... From a space station 2015-10-17T23:40:38.833

28 Why might a planetary recon craft need to be manned? 2016-07-12T02:18:21.390

28 Would gas giants work as waste disposal sites? 2018-12-04T15:38:05.230

28 How likely are Coriolis-effect-based quirks to develop in starship crew members? 2019-05-08T11:50:28.650

27 Is there any way to truly hide a spaceship? 2014-09-30T23:35:38.950

27 How to avoid objects when traveling at greater than .75 light speed. or How Not to Go SPLAT? 2014-12-11T14:10:15.090

27 How to effectively and realistically blockade a star system? 2015-03-09T16:12:35.097

27 Space Travel Without Understanding How to Create Atomic Weapons? 2015-11-10T15:51:10.333

27 Spaceflight without transistors and nuclear power - how to bend the history of physics? 2017-11-12T12:59:19.180

26 How to make food last indefinitely 2016-05-28T12:37:33.047

26 Do antenna farms on spacecraft make any sense or are they purely aesthetic? 2018-10-18T22:39:45.703

26 Can you catch a spaceship with a train on the Moon? 2018-10-26T22:39:36.103

25 Can you protect a Space Elevator from Space Junk? 2017-12-13T06:33:05.573

24 How long before we're stuck on Earth due to Space Debris? (Kessler syndrome) 2015-02-10T02:29:44.217

24 What is the feasibility of a floating city on Venus? 2016-12-08T14:47:06.690

23 Making the First contact 2014-12-20T20:30:02.740

23 Why would advanced alien warships have living crews rather than be drones? 2016-08-23T19:32:30.620

23 If FTL travel was invented tomorrow, would it change society? 2017-03-16T11:11:38.660

23 Can urine be used for radiation shielding? 2017-09-05T21:12:57.730

23 What circumstances would cause a 10 year cycle of shipments from Earth to another planet 2017-09-21T17:25:11.450

23 What is a good reason for every spaceship to carry a weapon on board? 2019-02-25T06:54:44.637

23 Most bit efficient text communication method? 2019-04-17T10:26:34.760

23 How could a self contained organic body propel itself in space 2019-08-27T09:35:57.657

22 Could a civilization achieve spaceflight without inventing advanced weaponry along the way? 2014-10-03T15:03:18.113

22 How would a command structure and strategy for a galactic war be organized? 2017-03-09T11:30:47.747

22 Can I overcome the bandwidth limitation on my photonic railways? 2017-10-26T18:35:49.240

21 How could combat involving Alcubierre-drive starships occur? 2014-09-27T03:54:36.943

21 Motivations for interstellar colonizations 2014-11-28T21:26:02.263

21 Multigeneration ship pet 2015-03-11T10:08:50.083

21 Is it dangerous for a ship's crew to get stranded in a nebula? 2018-09-04T16:47:18.510

21 Could common people be ready to go to space in a matter of days? 2019-01-07T17:26:15.493

20 How can a spaceship unknowingly interfere with tides on a planet? 2014-11-25T19:08:23.733

20 What is the most effective way to brake from interstellar speeds? 2015-08-30T13:21:50.210

20 If Venus mission finds life, will we shift our attention from Mars to Venus? 2016-01-05T10:24:46.477

20 How does a solar sail return to its world? 2017-09-10T15:06:10.093

20 Scaling Up Internal Mass Drivers? 2019-02-11T15:36:06.727

19 What would an external observer see when passed by an Alcubierre drive ship? 2014-09-24T01:31:00.277

19 Traffic in Space (a traffic controller for low earth orbit) 2014-12-14T08:43:42.097

19 What is stopping people getting dizzy on board the generation ship 'Spinny McSpinface'? 2017-01-13T14:31:09.110

19 What is the best unit of measure for the time portion of a non-earth-bound light"year"? 2017-12-27T21:40:39.027

19 Minimizing the Side Effects of Breathable Outer-Space 2018-01-23T15:28:36.937

19 Is depicting scenes of sub-FTL deep space travel with burning engines accurate? 2018-04-19T15:48:32.720

19 Would an alien lifeform be able to achieve space travel if lacking in vision? 2019-04-12T14:23:30.837

18 Occultic FTL Drive 2014-10-31T13:49:19.470

18 Could an aquatic civilization discover space travel? 2014-11-08T09:26:07.893

18 How could we do steampunk space travel, with minimal magic? 2015-02-10T05:31:23.937

18 How would advanced aliens protect themselves from idiots with FTL? 2015-04-18T18:35:45.543

18 Could you maintain breathable oxygen for long-term space travel through shipboard gardens? 2015-05-31T03:08:54.770

18 movement of space animals 2015-11-26T08:56:29.563

18 Runaway Starship Ramps 2016-10-27T04:39:22.420

18 Would a sleeper ship need artificial gravity? 2019-01-13T00:12:18.187

17 Can we breathe the moon's crust? 2014-10-24T15:57:51.150

17 Will interplanetary shipping even be necessary in a future with nanofabricators? 2016-11-26T18:59:14.830

17 Could a large radio telescope survive interstellar spaceflight? 2017-10-19T14:14:59.767

17 How do my spacefarers not get crushed accelerating to 0.2c? 2018-09-17T03:34:19.777

17 Swimming in space. What is the mechanism? 2018-11-13T18:11:00.357

17 Software that shows space travel accurately in 3d from a physics point of view 2018-11-26T12:07:33.337

17 Is it necessary for spaceships to include reverse thrusters for deceleration in space? 2020-01-13T04:50:29.260

16 Gravitational slingshots: could they be used to decelerate a spacecraft traveling at a small fraction of light speed? 2016-07-20T20:16:45.210