Oct 23, 2025
Been watching Star Trek TOS and wanted to make a semi-realistic Enterprise.
The dish becomes a spingrav habitat, the nacelles become propellant tanks, and the transporter becomes laser-thermal shuttles (you can still "beam down/up")
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Been watching Star Trek TOS and wanted to make a semi-realistic Enterprise.
The dish becomes a spingrav habitat, the nacelles become propellant tanks, and the transporter becomes laser-thermal shuttles (you can still "beam down/up")
Theseus, from 'Blindsight' by Peter Watts. I referenced the official art, but tried to stick to the proportions and description in the book, which include an outer carapace I've never seen anyone depict. Basically an antimatter-catalyzed RAIR which acquires its antiprotons from a giant array near the sun using quantum teleportation (not how that actually works, but an honest misunderstanding). As best I can understand, the ramscoop not only collects but carries hydrogen in its magnetic field, acting as a colossal external propellant tank, and cycling that hydrogen in and out of the reactor as a mix between a Dusty Plasma Radiator and Open-Cycle Cooling For reference: https://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm https://www.rifters.com/blindsight/theseus.htm# https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/slowerlight3.php#id--Go_Fast--RAIR
SpaceShipTember 2025
Day 25 - Lasers
One of many phased-array laser emitters on the lunar surface which formed the beginning of the beamed-power network.
Laser-Thermal Rocket in Waterskiing configuration. Less mass due to use of tensile structural members, and acceleration is in the same direction whether thrusting or spinning.
ToughTober - Sail
An interstellar Plasma Magsail pushed by relativistic particle beams. Very much based on the design by @triplchii.bsky.social
a typical crewed interstellar ship from the early 2600s, about a century and a half since people first arrived at another star. beamed propu
assortment of ships and other things from proxima centauri, mid 2700s #art
Startup Makes Progress in Beamed Propulsion for Reusable Launch Vehicles
A small Colorado company has successfully tested a new type of propulsion technology that it believes could eventually enable low-cost, single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicles.
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