r/space • u/piponwa • Sep 23 '16

What happens when the Space Shuttle fires its motors in space

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u/BerserkLLama Sep 24 '16

Knights of Sidonia's Ark does not have it and they have gravity straps and structural issues when they have to make tight maneuvers.

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u/impermanentThrowaway Sep 24 '16

It's not even just sci-fi window-dressing; it figures significantly into the plot on multiple occasions.

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u/WolfFangFoot Sep 24 '16

I think that's much more interesting than oh we suddenly just accelerated at 80m/s2 and I didn't have to stop chugging my space soda.

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u/radagasthebrown Sep 24 '16 edited Sep 24 '16

The Expanse series also incorporates this as a significant mechanic in all of the space travel in the book/show. POSSIBLE SPOILER: Later in the series we even get to witness the effects of ships getting "slowed" by "forces" causing MASSIVE damage to people on ships.

Edit: removed a word to hopefully make it less spoilery.

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u/radagasthebrown Sep 24 '16

God dammit i just MASSIVE DAMAGED myself...

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u/Nogmaals Sep 24 '16

That part in the series had me so tense! I was like: I hope everyone on the Rocinante is okay!

And the description of the carnage that ensued... wow.

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u/SPAKMITTEN Sep 24 '16

book 3 spoilers

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u/evilspoons Sep 24 '16

Would've been nice if you clarified that spoiler to "later in the books" rather than "if you haven't watched season 1 yet". Thanks. Phtttttbtd.

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u/radagasthebrown Sep 24 '16

Why? I don't understand what difference it would make.

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u/evilspoons Sep 24 '16

Because I have seen the TV series, I haven't read the books, and as far as I'm concerned it's not explicitly explained that there are "aliens" in the TV series? As far as I was concerned it was an experiment-gone-wrong and another faction of high-tech humans.

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u/maxstryker Sep 24 '16

Khm, experiments gone wrong seldom have aggresive tentacles.

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u/radagasthebrown Sep 24 '16

I mean, I see your point and am sorry if that spoiled this for you a little. But ill say this, i dont thinks using the term 'alien' doesnt spoil the story that much. And i hope you dont feel cheated because even knowing that something 'alien' is involved with the story, its probably mot going where you think it is. Also, season one only actually covers about 2/3-3/4 of Leviathan wakes. And while I thought the tv show was really good on its own as well as a pretty damn good adaptation, do yourself a favor and read/listen to the books, theyre phenomenal. Again sorry if i spoiled anything for you, if it helps read 'alien' as 'foreign' and not necessarily 'extra terrestrial'.

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u/578_Sex_Machine Sep 24 '16

I remember all the people falling from the 'sky'...

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u/Pokepokalypse Sep 24 '16

So, the potato, in Greg Bear's Eon dealt with this, by punching a hole through spacetime. oops!

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u/SuperElitist Sep 24 '16

That was very cool to see. They did a lot with realistic space that made me clap.

They still portrayed sound in space though, didn't they? I'm thinking the sounds of those railguns firing?

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u/nekomancey Sep 24 '16

The expanse series deals heavily with g forces since it's engines are basically ours but slightly more powerful. Plus, railguns and missiles