Need Help on "Semi-Hard" Classic SF Spaceship Design

sir_pudding · 04-21-2022, 05:34 AM

You could use hot reactionless drives. They could also consume fuel, just not nearly as much as would account for reaction mass.

These assumptions are generally true for a lot of sf. Presumably because the authors felt that ship drives should have destructive plumes or wash and that ships should consume fuel, but didn't do any math.

04-21-2022, 05:34 AM	#8
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: Need Help on "Semi-Hard" Classic SF Spaceship Design You could use hot reactionless drives. They could also consume fuel, just not nearly as much as would account for reaction mass. These assumptions are generally true for a lot of sf. Presumably because the authors felt that ship drives should have destructive plumes or wash and that ships should consume fuel, but didn't do any math.