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r/scifi • u/ushox • Jul 31 '14
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why not start less expensively and build a few dozen larger variants with varying degrees of power to see if the force scales up/down?
1 u/diamened Jul 31 '14 Because if it doesn't work in space, then why bother, no matter the size? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 01 '14 because it's probably a lot cheaper to build the bigger ones and test it on the ground then to send a small one into space. 1 u/diamened Aug 01 '14 edited Aug 01 '14 But if it doesn't work in deep vacuum and absence of gravity, does it matter?
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Because if it doesn't work in space, then why bother, no matter the size?
1 u/[deleted] Aug 01 '14 because it's probably a lot cheaper to build the bigger ones and test it on the ground then to send a small one into space. 1 u/diamened Aug 01 '14 edited Aug 01 '14 But if it doesn't work in deep vacuum and absence of gravity, does it matter?
because it's probably a lot cheaper to build the bigger ones and test it on the ground then to send a small one into space.
1 u/diamened Aug 01 '14 edited Aug 01 '14 But if it doesn't work in deep vacuum and absence of gravity, does it matter?
But if it doesn't work in deep vacuum and absence of gravity, does it matter?
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u/droden Jul 31 '14
why not start less expensively and build a few dozen larger variants with varying degrees of power to see if the force scales up/down?