I may not be a smart person, but aerodynamics… in space?
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Johnhones@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoIt’s a fin on the top, for aerodynamics
Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
drag dynamic forces are proportional to:
- The denisty of the medium.
- The velocity of the moving body (squared).
Interstellar space might be very undense, peaking at about 10^-15 kg/m^3… However the enterprise E is very fast, with warp 9.9 being approx 20,000 c or 610^13 m/s, and that matters twice as much This puts the overall cosmodymanic forces at Cd * 3.610^12 N/m^2 or approximately the same as experienced by a dunesque Sandworm going mach 30.
So sure why not, Einstein and Newton are dead so can’t complain, and I’m pretty sure I could beat up Bill Nye.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also those racing stripes make it look real sharp