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WCDT 2111-2115 (Jan 30 - Feb 3, 2012) - QC in SPAAAAAAACE!!! Week 2!
J:
as to the docking thing, i seem to recall seeing them do it in a somewhat plausible way on babylon 5 once, where a small ship flew into the docking bay, synchronized it's rotation with the station, and waited for a set of extendable clamps to pull it in toward the deck.
of course i only remember it because the ship ended up flying out of control and crashing into the sides, but nevertheless.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Andy147 on 31 Jan 2012, 01:29 ---In other news, Marten has overtaken Faye to become "character in most QC strips" for the first time in ages... at least according to my slightly subjective and undoubtedly inaccurate count, that is...
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I saw that - incredible that it's not all about Faye anymore, hey?
zmeiat_joro:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 31 Jan 2012, 06:39 ---http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum_wheel
Motor-generator with a flywheel.
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I know they use electromagnetic/gyroscopic flywheels in navigation, I was wondering how it would scale. The first thing that came to my mind was also flywheels.
Jynto:
There is one huge problem with having different parts of the space station moving and non-moving - friction. Any sliding contact between the two sections, provided it isn't absolutely frictionless, is going to be losing momentum. But I'm sure they'll have found a way to make frictionless sliding contacts in the QCverse. And I bet it involves lube.
And what are the odds that Apple tries to sue Jeph or TopatoCo for selling something in the image of an iPod? Hopefully TopatoCo is low-profile enough not to matter to a giant like Apple, who have largely abandoned the image of the click-wheel iPod anyway. On the other hand, they seem to be suing everyone lately. At worst they could force Jeph to write Winslow out of the comic, or just replace his chassis with one of those green Androids.
jwhouk:
And now - what WILL we see on Space Station Hannerdad?
HannerDad, of course. - 49 (25.9%)
Richard Branson. - 3 (1.6%)
Stephen Hawking. - 9 (4.8%)
Robots. Lots and lots of Robots. - 29 (15.3%)
AnthroPC AI #000001. - 21 (11.1%)
Birthday cake. - 17 (9%)
Marigold puking over everything. - 9 (4.8%)
Transformers. - 0 (0%)
Waffles. - 4 (2.1%)
Cookies. - 1 (0.5%)
Pod Bay Doors. - 11 (5.8%)
Patrick Stewart. - 7 (3.7%)
William.... SHATNER! - 17 (9%)
Bruce Boxleitner. - 3 (1.6%)
John Cleese. - 9 (4.8%)
Robert Hays (I KNEW I forgot one...) - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 65
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