When the escort ship mentioned how the Antelope was berthed before they even arrived “probably due to difficulty securing new cargo” I like to imagine they got cargo just fine, but what took them so long was: Antelope “oh, we also need some refueling.” Station “ah, that’s fine. What does your drive take, hydrogen right?” Antelope “ehhhhhh, about that…”
Ah yes, the old put-put drive. :) Crude but effective. BTW, that kick-plate would probably shrug of anything short of a planetary powered LASER, or fractional C railgun hit.
a huge ablative shield meant to ride the Shockwave of multiple nuclear weapons as a form of propulsion should be able to shrug off that and more. honestly if you run into trouble, just point the rear of the ship at them and accelerate away. try to follow me...
Laser wouldn't touch it..its also ablative material and the outgassing would suck a ton of power from a Laser beam. Railgun? Perhaps but the shield may be 20m thick (for the mass don't cha know
Yikes... When I heard the drive the human ship was using, I nearly had to clean my screen. Haven't heard that system mentioned in a while. In theory, it can do Earth to Jupiter in 6 months, and the more you pack on, the smoother the ride.
Best part to me was from the ones that proposed it. Ok, that is impressive. But I don't see how it will land... Oh than. Meh... We will figure that out on the way back. Wow.. Salute.
@@mstrfool The US looked into such propulsion when they still had the idea of space war ships (before NASA got the space program) and the Army , Navy and Air force were all vying for control.
Ah, good old Orion. Proof that humans, when faced with basically any problem, will at some point try to blow the problem up. With nukes, if possible. Because engineering is *supposed* to be loud
No, not tungsten shaped charges- the nukes are designed to exert most of their output in one direction rather than in a spherical fireball. Look up Casaba Howitzer.
That drive system is an actual proposed spaceship thruster called Project Archangel, but never build due to the obvious sideeffects of detonating dozens of nukes... There's a 1985 science fiction novel called Footfall, written by two big names in the scifi genre, where humans build a ship using this drive to attack the alien mothership/colony ship. (The name refers to the asteroid the aliens dropped on Earth, as their elephant-like species settles disputes by pushing each other down and stand on them. Initial contact with humans on the ground did not go well for that reason...)
ORIAN TYPE?! Wow, for such ship it should have quite some kick!! Edit: Ok, so for those who might not be truely understanding why it makes me smile: This engine type would be great for warship do to fact it is stirthy and it also can be used as a wepon, as it main function is throwing out big, usualy nuclear charges to propel itself forward... It is illegal do to radiation which breaks the space low right now until it is provent to be in the secure zone, which funly enough is not about solar system.
Space is the safest place to use nukes especially of the size used for that type of drive. The base radiation level will not even be affected by the fallout of the nukes.
@@Zael_Moonblade Yes and no. If it is properly used in space it would be save. But just imagine a carrier rocket that is transporting some Plutonium up into space exploding at low altitude spreading the Plutonium over an inhabitated area.
Aliens: We are propelled by advanced drive systems capable of rapid acceleration and the most nimble of maneuvering. We can control our velocity to the minutest degree. Humans: Haha Nuke goes Booom. *WEEEEEEEEEEE*
@@purpledevilr7463 USA, just outside Detroit, Michigan. I was born and raised 45 miles (approx 70 kms) southwest and an international border away just outside Windsor, Ontario, Canada
I think I picked up some of the lyrics of Dawson's Christian by Carmen Miranda's Ghost at the end there. Maybe a coincidence, but would be a cool reference if not.
