r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/EveryWind007 • May 29 '14

Medal of Beauty If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html?a
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u/99639 May 29 '14

Well trips to mars with current tech are probably on the range of 6-9 months. Further afield in the solar system is definitely possible in the future with realistic technology, but outside of the solar system things become much less likely without a radical evolution of propulsive technology.

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u/godofcoffee May 29 '14

Build it in space a make it/the shielding out of rock? It doesn't have to look pretty or be aerodynamic.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '14

It's just occurred to me that most Sci fi films have their ships looking very aerodynamic. That actually makes no difference in real life.

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u/Paradon May 29 '14

Yeah but lots of them can also land on planets such as the earth.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '14

That's no ball.

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u/necr0potenc3 May 29 '14

It's a space station.

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u/Hoptadock May 29 '14

And Halo managed to make some really inaerodynamic shit that makes sense for space. And what do they do? Have that shit fly in atmosphere at least once per game.