Subject:
|
Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.space
|
Date:
|
Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:35:05 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
394 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.space, Jordan D. Greer writes:
> Whomever created "Traveller" obviously didn't think things through. Nor did
> (s)he know much about physics or space. Mass is a MUCH better way of
> comparing the sizes of space vessels, since it needs to be known to engineer
> many systems on a ship. "Hydrogen displacement" for a space vessel is an
> utterly useless measurement.
I would agree that it is not based on any true science. Rather, I suspect
hydrogen displacement was chosen because of the potential "sounds cool
factor", since it sounds like a nautical term. Some sci-fi's (not all) like
to draw comparisons between seaships and spaceships. But as I am among
them, I guess something that has the "sounds cool factor" was what I was
looking for.
> For our purposes, a conversion based on the actual volume of a ship (which
> should be measured in cubic centimeters or meters) would be best. If your
> scale is 100:1, then simply multiply the ship's actual volume by 100^3 to
> get the fictional volume.
True. Although if we want to be really accurate, then technically 'volume'
and 'mass' are not the same thing. I am no science expert, so I don't know
the specific jargon. But I am pretty sure on this point. ...Anyway, if
someone were to measure as ship by volume, then I assume the units of cubic
feet or cubic meters would be used. But what is the unit of measurement for
mass?
-H.
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
|
| (...) mass= gram or kilogram. (metric weight would be newtons, for standard it is pounds- both are used when describing force.. ie. 15 pounds of pressure, 20 newtons of pressure). In my own fake scifi world, I imagined that ships would be (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
|
| In Traveller, spaceships use a convention of how much hydrogen might (...) Whomever created "Traveller" obviously didn't think things through. Nor did (s)he know much about physics or space. Mass is a MUCH better way of comparing the sizes of space (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
|
11 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
