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minus-squareJohnhones@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoIt’s a fin on the top, for aerodynamics
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoAlso those racing stripes make it look real sharp
minus-squareZectivi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI may not be a smart person, but aerodynamics… in space?
minus-squareUmmdustry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoform drag is proportional to: The denisty of the medium. The velocity of the moving body (squared). Interstellar space might be very undense, peaking at about 10^-15 kg/m^3… However the enterprise E is very fast, with warp 9.9 being approx 20,000 c or 6 * 10^13 m/s, and that matters twice as much This puts the overall cosmodymanic forces at Cd * 3.6 * 10^12 N/m^2 or approximately the same as experienced by a Sandworm going mach 30. So sure why not, Einstein and Newton are dead so can’t complain, and I’m pretty sure I could beat up Bill Nye.
minus-squareZectivi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoI have no grounds to question anything that you said, but all I can imagine is this image.
It’s a fin on the top, for aerodynamics
Also those racing stripes make it look real sharp
I may not be a smart person, but aerodynamics… in space?
form drag is proportional to:
Interstellar space might be very undense, peaking at about 10^-15 kg/m^3…
However the enterprise E is very fast, with warp 9.9 being approx 20,000 c or 6 * 10^13 m/s, and that matters twice as much
This puts the overall cosmodymanic forces at Cd * 3.6 * 10^12 N/m^2 or approximately the same as experienced by a Sandworm going mach 30.
So sure why not, Einstein and Newton are dead so can’t complain, and I’m pretty sure I could beat up Bill Nye.
I have no grounds to question anything that you said, but all I can imagine is this image.