tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2203468397255690759..comments2024-03-29T07:33:41.566-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: InterstellarSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-56628311583297893282014-11-25T18:42:58.263-05:002014-11-25T18:42:58.263-05:00Mycroft, I was a bit amazed to see the Saturn V, a...Mycroft, I was a bit amazed to see the Saturn V, and remarked on it to my wife. I can't say I noticed any explanation of that.<br /><br />Maybe they had a 3D model and just wanted to use it. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39067754151142801172014-11-25T11:50:32.526-05:002014-11-25T11:50:32.526-05:00I had a problem with the beautiful Apollo-type lau...I had a problem with the beautiful Apollo-type launch from Earth followed by multiple single-stage to orbit launches from every other planet.<br />MycroftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6223026361986847112014-11-17T22:53:43.316-05:002014-11-17T22:53:43.316-05:00"Wasn't there a second wave within a few ..."<i>Wasn't there a second wave within a few minutes of the first?</i>"<br /><br />That's why I said "rotating rather quickly" (relative to the black hole.)<br /><br />IOW, it wasn't a wave, it was most of the water on the planet pulled up into one giant bulge with the planet spinning underneath it. At least, that's the way I interpreted it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11581475881847810542014-11-17T17:23:28.376-05:002014-11-17T17:23:28.376-05:00Wasn't there a second wave within a few minute...Wasn't there a second wave within a few minutes of the first? They're waiting for the engines to dry out and see the second one coming, leading to that whole dramatic, barely-surf-the-leading-edge-of-the-wave scene.<br /><br />I still think the waves would break even with extreme tides. I remember something about waves needing 10x the depth as the distance between them to be perfectly formed, and as the depth gets shallower, they break when the depth is less than the wave height. About. <br /><br />Of course, I've never seen anything on the effects of relativity on surfing, though. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51031492617979911992014-11-17T11:05:47.908-05:002014-11-17T11:05:47.908-05:00"How does a wave the size of a mountain exist..."<i>How does a wave the size of a mountain exist in water that's not even knee deep?</i>"<br /><br />A planet orbiting a black hole would have some pretty hella tides.<br /><br />(I was assuming there was only the one wave on a planet that was rotating rather briskly.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com