Submitted by tonymmorley t3_zna8el in Futurology
RedCascadian t1_j0hbfne wrote
Reply to comment by WaitformeBumblebee in Toughest material ever is an alloy of chromium, cobalt and nickel by tonymmorley
Aliens: So how did you get your ship so fast without warpsrive?
Humans: "oh we set off nukes behind ourselves and ride the explosion."
Aliens: "the fuck? How did you nit destroy your planet already?"
Humans: "oh no, we get to the explosion ships by shooting a smaller ship with lasers to send it to orbit, or we just hurl it through a giant rail gun into orbit.
Aliens: O_O
curtial t1_j0hf50u wrote
Humans are Space Orcs: Confirmed.
WaitformeBumblebee t1_j0hhrqb wrote
yeah, lol, and here's just the thing to launch humans from a giant rail gun (slightly tweaked Julius Verne original idea btw):
"A protein found in human cells has been repurposed to make a material that reforms when it is struck by a projectile, capturing the object intact"
"When something hits the gel, the energy unfolds the modified talin switches rather than being converted to heat, as is the case with existing materials, says Goult. Silica gels filled with air, or aerogels, have previously been used to capture small objects in space, but these heat up on impact, potentially damaging both themselves and the captured material."
Perfect airbag to cushion the 20 G's hitting your meatbag, lol
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