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It is also known as the 'cargo cult' approach to designing spacecraft.
Put together pieces of existing space hardware even if a closer look reveals that none of it would work together or make sense, making it similar to any other space fantasy but with another coat of paint. https://t.co/yQtY0TwWnB
Amos Tan brings us an exiting space battle inspired by the realistic combat simulator 'Children of a Dead Earth', so naturally it features radiators, nuclear rockets, sloped armor and lots of flares.
#space #art
https://t.co/EEjbJ3xJH0
Cross-section of an SSTO vehicle. I understand it to have a combined cycle airbreathing/rocket propulsion system.
#space #art by 彩票哥.
https://t.co/MT8m6UVETf
Concept art for the Atreides residence on Arrakis, for the Dune movie.
#space #art by Deak Ferrand.
https://t.co/pKJLpN8NA4
Epic scenery made for Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion.
The Europa base raised on stilts makes sense but I don't think the towering clear ice mountains exist...
#space #art by Jesse van Dijk.
https://t.co/DwENCLwOlO
There are widespread fears about the risk of nuclear spacecraft and about how a launch accident involving one could contaminate continents or kill thousands.
But here's the thing.
This has already happened... at least four times.
https://t.co/eKEByJr2Pt
A rover with oversized wheels makes its way over an extraterrestrial landscape.
Good #space #art by @LouisLrnt.
https://t.co/kJSV5OkIi3
The frost cycle as a heat engine:
https://t.co/3uP8CV5E33
3 trillion tons of CO2 are evaporated each year from the Martian North Pole and redeposited at a 5 km higher altitude at the South Pole. This takes 1.7 Zettajoules of energy, and implies a 4% work efficiency.
Design for superconducting homopolar motor/generators using HTS windings operating at 25,000 RPM:
https://t.co/sf2fVk5MV6
They have astounding performance. 1500 kW/kg power density (including cooling and rotor case!) and 99.2% efficiency while operating at a mild 50 Kelvin.