tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post8829379911403497684..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : It's all made-up tech (although some is more convincing than others)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-55331379201069965732015-06-12T14:51:29.714-06:002015-06-12T14:51:29.714-06:00Oh, yes. Interstellar. Interesting movie, but yes....Oh, yes. Interstellar. Interesting movie, but yes. Let's all pop into a black hole.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-19140938941956570722015-06-12T08:21:08.851-06:002015-06-12T08:21:08.851-06:00Generally I'm like Pippa--if the author is log...Generally I'm like Pippa--if the author is logical and consistent with the tech in her story, I'll go along. But glaring illogic--like using ion drive to travel to the next galaxy, as Laurie says, or shooting through a black hole without even benefit of a spaceship, as INTERSTELLAR proposed--drives me crazy. I even had to write a whole fanfic novel to explain all the stuff that was left UNEXPLAINED by the writers of STVI:GENERATIONS with their crazy Nexus. Thinking it through, Kirk couldn't be dead in some timelines, and that's the way I wrote it!Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-76717080927267268252015-06-11T22:44:19.362-06:002015-06-11T22:44:19.362-06:00I have to agree, Laurie. If we're talking som...I have to agree, Laurie. If we're talking some osrt of hyperspace - yes, alright. But there's plenty of space in our own galaxy to keep us busy for a while.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-71339305997137030282015-06-11T18:30:06.110-06:002015-06-11T18:30:06.110-06:00Not exactly a technology, but intergalactic travel...Not exactly a technology, but intergalactic travel really pushes my buttons. (Not to anyone's surprise, because I've been pretty vocal about it.) I should clarify that I'm talking about intergalactic travel using "traditional" SF propulsion systems, not something exotic like traveling through a wormhole--or even a black hole--to be flung across the cosmos. In real space, the distances we're talking about are so incredibly immense it would take a ship over 2 million years traveling at the speed of light (which we're not sure is even possible) to reach the nearest galaxy. Galaxy-hopping is completely outside my suspension of disbelief abilities.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-49890214298438797202015-06-11T15:44:19.620-06:002015-06-11T15:44:19.620-06:00There are AG devices (nanotech) in all the floorin...There are AG devices (nanotech) in all the flooring material of spaceships. Run by the main engines that also do environmentals. If the engines fail, so does the AG. (How's that?)<br /><br />We'll get there in the end. We always do. Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-90722461136908866842015-06-11T03:42:55.691-06:002015-06-11T03:42:55.691-06:00As long as the rules are consistent for that autho...As long as the rules are consistent for that author's universe and don't break some of the basic laws of physics like gravity or vacuum in space (unless they have a believable theory for that rather than just ignoring or forgetting about it), I'm fine with whatever the author comes up with. I find it interesting that we're working on matter transference and cloaking devices, but there still isn't much of a practical theory for creating artificial gravity other than centrifugal force or velcro footware, lol. Pippa Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146591827060731958noreply@blogger.com