... [...] ... One can have mission-driven, single-job computers built with top-of-the-line electronics technology, though. With the result that the entire ship...
I read that the reason the ISS uses, for example, 386 equivilant Processors is that any smaller and random cosmic rays would be able to switch states in the...
... Not exactly. It uses 386-equivalents because that's the best rad-hardened electronics available at the time. Rad-hard chips are always 5-10 years behind...
Hey Gang, It's been awhile, percolating on ideas, but here they are….the Ecology for Aurora's Twilight. This is still assuming the three way split between...
As a follow up to the last post about niches, here are thoughts on the operational/strategic system. Ships have a logistical capacity, this represents both go...
... And which one company can we blame for thwarting Mankind's glorious destiny in space? ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_on_insulator ... 1971:...
... Whichever company invented the rad-hardened chip ;) The main thing thwarting our destiny in space is good computers, not bad computers, because good...
... What problem are you having, exactly? I don't know what "Prefect" refers to; it sounds like "the Prefect answer" is a problem of instant teleportation. If...
... interesting, ... moving ... I ... the ... within a ... Sorry...that should be "10 seconds", not "100,000 seconds". I multiplied where I should have...
Oh, another thought which might be helpful for you to "solve" your problems. You could set your game in a globular cluster, where stars can be stuffed as...
... Of course, you do kind of need to explain the presence of planets. Globular clusters are composed of old, low-metallicity stars, mostly M-class dwarfs....
... need ... Hmm...I simply assumed from the start that you were talking about a multi-scale game with different scale maps for the interstellar level and the ...
... This, of course, depends on how much you actually care about the "science". With soft SF...eh, whatever. I favor hard SF, of course. My excuse for using...
... There is no "Why?" for humans in space. The question answers itself, and has been answered for quite some time. Space exploration, scientific research,...
... Space exploration and scientific research are better done by robots. Human progress is vague enough that I can't judge what would best lead to it....
... Scientific research, maybe. But whether robots are better for space exploration depends on why you want to explore space. If you want to explore space...
... But there's still the factor that humans aren't content with letting some cold lump of metal have all the fun. Tell me you wouldn't give your right arm to...
... I wouldn't. I'd give my right arm if it meant an exoplanet imaging fresnel space telescope were built. As much as I disdain the idea of living on...
... For the record, I'm more than sympathetic to the "humans want to explore" camp. I would like to go myself, and don't have a problem with using my tax...
G'day, ... I may have this wrong as I only read it in a paper (long since "filed" which mean it may take some serious digging to unearth) I didn't do the ...
... robots. ... letting ... Who said living on Mars? Not unless it had a somewhat more hospitable environment... But even though I wouldn't want to set up...
... Let me clarify. I wouldn't give my right arm to set foot on Mars, regardless of whether or not it's to stay. ... I'm funny, and I know it. As a tourist,...
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