R&D Question
If I wanted to R&D a planetary defence ring, like the structure that rings Earth in Starship Troopers, what kind of R&D time/build time/mantinence cost would we be looking at?I was thinking somewhere in the area of 30 - 40 days, roughly the same ammount of time required to build a planetary turbolaser network. I'd also need to know what kind of firepower and shielding ratings I would be looking at for a project like this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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#10 10:58pm 03/04/03
Yes, Pluta is the smallest and Jupiter the largest.
#9 9:17pm 03/04/03
I would also like to add that Earth, compared at the size of a standard planet within our known galaxy, is tiny.
#8 9:09pm 03/04/03
Large amount of time is an understatement.
The circumference of the earth is 24000 miles. When I convert that to meters I get 38616 [b]km[/b]. Remember, this circumference is the planet surface. The further out you go into space, the longer it gets.
Your planetary defense system will take you over 386,160 days to build (10 days per km) with one yard running steady.
Here is what you [i]could[/i] do.
Develop an 8km R&D. Make a point that this R&D is “attachable” to others of its kind, and when enough are attached you’ll have a ring around the planet.
Then you’ll only have to build at least 4827 of these 8km “sections”. It’s ten days per kilometer, making 80 days for the 8km section. Divvy that out to ten construction yards and you’ll only have to wait 38,616 days for the whole thing to be built.
You’re looking at a very large build time here.
#7 7:25pm 03/04/03
It's immobile if my memory serves me correct. Coul an acception to the rules be made? It would be a large amount of time and material to build, but it sounds like a feesible idea.
#6 6:41am 03/04/03
Well, the same theory could be worked out for planetary turbolaser/shield/ion cannon networks. The ring was intended to be built the same way those kinds of things are, as defences.
#5 6:14am 03/04/03
You could build parts of the ring separately, and then they attach together. But the sheer amount you would need.
(planet circumference) / (r&d size) = (amount to build)
#4 5:49am 03/04/03
Well, I guess. But that's why I asked, 'cause I think it's make for a good defensive network (as opposed to a series of space stations, or something).
And it's not really that unrealistic... Star Wars has proven they can build moon-sized space stations, why not a defensive ring?
#3 5:34am 03/04/03
Very good point.
#2 5:01am 03/04/03
Interesting idea but wouldn't that be against the rule that no R&D would be over 8km?
#1 4:43am 03/04/03
A complete ring around the world? Holy cow...
I havn't seen Starship Troopers, so I don't know what you're talking about.
But... holy cow... that's going to be big...
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