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(...) My limited understanding is that, in Star Trek at least, the warp *drive* creates the "warp bubble," that moves surrounds and moves along with the ship and within which the normal light-speed limitation does not hold. The warp *engines* propel (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) And this is my question :) Is it a warp _drive_ or a warp _engine_? Peter's division would indicate that a drive needs an engine... I've always called them "warp drives" ( and ion drives etc.) but was trying to think of why they are not (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Just thought I might clarify on the warp-drive part. I think that the purpose of the warp drive is to deform (warp) space-time in such a fashion that the craft is accelerated forwards. If the space-time is compressed in an area in front of the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Ok, I certainly don't claim to be any expert but....... Thrusters are small thrust generating devices of any type that are used to change direction or to be used when no other mode of propulsion is available/appropriate (e.g. in a planets (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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My 10 year old and I were building some small swooshing ships the other week, and he asked a question I didn't have a good answer for: "What is the difference between a drive and an engine" And while trying to come up with an answer based on my (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) werd! (...) Thanks, man! (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Glad you enjoyed them, Nathan, thanks for your comments! (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, not in basketball *cough*2000 NCAA champs*cough*, but in football, yeah, I'm afraid so. (...) That scheme would work for the Iowa Hawkeyes, too. The orange and blue of the Fighting Illini might make a cool MOC scheme. I've also thought (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Good to hear from you, Mladen! I've gotten other comments (on previous MOCs, too) about introducing additional accent colors. Once I start blocking the colors, I have a tendency to go as strict as my parts will allow. I like your idea of (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Sorry about the catalogs, I strongly suspect that Fradel put you on the mailing list in retaliation for stealing his hat. Have you also been getting deliveries of pizzas you didn't order, or free samples of "personal care products"? (...) (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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