[General SciFi] Why aren't more spaceships spherical?
The easiest way to stabilize a spaceship is by adjusting the center of mass in relationship to the source of thrust. With a spherical object the thrust would likely be behind all the mass meaning that any misalignment is going to introduce a fairly meaningful torque and send you spinning.
[General] Why are spaceships generally streamlined and not spherical ...
A spherical ship would embed them in the center of the vessel and require lots of extra shielding around them. Most ships have some sort of forward and aft. Chemical or similar engines located at the rear for propulsion, crew and weapons located foreward.
Is a spherical rocket design a plausible replacement for current ...
2016年4月11日 · For an SSTO ship that lands on the ground, it's very difficult to make a non-spherical one, let alone a sphere. Most SSTO designs have been either airplanes, intermediate lifting bodies, or classical cylindrical rockets.
design - What is the optimum shape for a spacecraft? - Space ...
2016年1月14日 · $\begingroup$ Inflatable or otherwise expandable spacecrafts is a very practical way to make stuff larger in space than at launch. They should be pretty "solid", meaning that they don't have any holes unless desired. Spherical or cylindrical for habitats and flat for solar panels, radio dishes, solar sails. $\endgroup$ –
The Shapes of Spaceships - Adamas Nemesis
2020年3月16日 · When worldbuilding outer space settings, thinking of the shapes of spaceships in isolation can help your setting greatly. From spheres to saucers to spaceplanes and everything in between, realistic science fiction worldbuilding harbors many possibilities for spaceship design.
What shape would a spaceship have - Worldbuilding Stack …
2015年7月13日 · Baring constraints imposed by the spaceship parts the shape would be either a sphere or irregular. The sphere is optimal in the sense that it has the least surface area compared to volume. It also doesn't have any "corners" which is an advantage when it comes to maintaining a pressure difference.
Why are starships streamlined? : r/scifi - Reddit
I always thought the best shape for a space ship would be spherical. Everything in space is spherical-like. You mean the tail was heading up relative to the solar plane? If so that's almost as bad a mistake as ships that have been broken up in battle falling like ships on the ocean would.
Spherical Strategy in space - SPACE & DEFENSE
2020年9月29日 · Near-future thinking about space as a contested warfighting domain, is largely focused on control of space by developing counter-space capabilities: anti-satellite weapons, or cyber-attacking technology to damage, disable, deny, and tamper with access to …
How the Spaceship Got Its Shape | Smithsonian
When the Soviet Union and the United States flew the first real spaceships just nine years later—far sooner than most experts had predicted in 1952—they were anything but sleek. One was shaped like...
What would stop a large spaceship from looking like a flying brick?
2023年7月8日 · When the spaceship was travelling under power in space, or standing vertically on the surface of planet, the spherical sections would be in position with their decks at right angles to the direction of thrust or gravity, so that gravity or thrust would push down against the decks.