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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 22:31:47 2019 No.11140612 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11140698 >>11140716

It is better for interstellar spacecraft to use a tractor configuration due to some materials are stronger when applied with tensile stress than compression stress.

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 22:56:33 No.11140698 Report

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>>11140612
No...lol

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 23:01:58 No.11140716 Report

Quoted By: >>11140768

>>11140612
Yes, a tractor configuration would be lighter than a pusher. However, a tractor configuration would not be able to handle drag from interstellar dust (it'll just crumple) unless the engines were on constantly to counter that. And then there's issues with turning the thing around to stop it at it's destination.

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 23:14:41 No.11140768 Report

Quoted By: >>11140776

>>11140716
Why not just create a giant plasma shield over the front of the craft like that strut on the end of that thing.

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 23:16:38 No.11140776 Report

Quoted By: >>11140784

>>11140768
I'm not sure how such plasma shield works, but there would most likely still be a drag on the spacecraft.

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 23:18:43 No.11140784 Report

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>>11140776
depends on how empty interstellar space actually is. its probably so devoid of matter that nothing or almost nothing would actually hit the spacecraft while in interstellar space.

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