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Elite / Frontier Elite becomes Science Fact
- Thread starter CaptProton
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I have read the german links and new about it on internet. But this thing is a test platform. To reach orbit for test purouse. I think the tird generation if sucseded makes it more praktical. It's just planed and tested. So in research fase.
For the same reason they think about the space lift. Getting in space with resources in a economical and efficent manner.
To do what can be done in fictional games like Elite and others there is a lot advance technology needed who solve a whole lotta problems. And with those solution would also dictate how space craft would realy look like wenn we reach such tech level. Where space trading and kolonisation is possible.
May be I live long enough wenn the start a moon base. But even dat is a long shot.
Technolgy evolution is like this.
Each step need research solve problems get funbding and back up to realize:
1 Reachin orbit
2 put satelites in orbit.
3 put man in orbit
4 build space station in orbit with a 6 month restriction as there is no gravity.
5 land on the moon. As prestege!
* We are here. Future steps.
6 Need tech to put efficent resources into orbit at a decent cost. Space lift ramjet hybrid space craft.
7 build gravitation generated spinning space station. for long time space mission. And base for further space exploring.
8 Build space dock and warehouse for prepearing for moon base.
9 build moon base.
10 enable moon mining.
11 build a industrial moon base.
12 build a moon space port.
13 build a large spaceship yard to build the vessel who brings the resources and man to orbit around mars build there a space station and ware hous.
This ship whil go from mars ware hous to earth space warehouse to put more resources to mars station. To prepare to build moon mars base.
14 Mine mars.
15 resources flow to larger earth space warehous space base.
This is possible with current tech the main problem is funding and international backup for this expensive space presences.
To put this further we misses lot of tech. Go further means traveling time is just to long. MArs mission back and forth could be in 4 to 7 years cycle.
ION drive would need to long acceleration time.
Nuclair is possible but polutes orbit.
Or need to be tugged to a decent distance.
The moon and mars bases are not kolonies because they depend on earth. And because of low gravitation there must be gravity training or people need to replace from time to time.
So there is still no trading.
There need a engien solution wo combines tje lack of power but fuel efficency of Ion drive with the power of nuclair blast drive. With out poluting.
The ++/-- 100 steps further need a lot of fiction solutions come real to make kolonisation feasable or not to risky or expensive.
This thing is just part of step 6 in a early fase.
I don't think other design out reality or other scifi show make sense in a specific game. As most scifi show and game the made up some fiction to solve some problems wich would make these possibility works. Depending of what of fiction they fantisize. Ships are designed about these rulez. altho there might be plot holes.
I don;t know if Elite has some technology references like startrek does.
For the same reason they think about the space lift. Getting in space with resources in a economical and efficent manner.
To do what can be done in fictional games like Elite and others there is a lot advance technology needed who solve a whole lotta problems. And with those solution would also dictate how space craft would realy look like wenn we reach such tech level. Where space trading and kolonisation is possible.
May be I live long enough wenn the start a moon base. But even dat is a long shot.
Technolgy evolution is like this.
Each step need research solve problems get funbding and back up to realize:
1 Reachin orbit
2 put satelites in orbit.
3 put man in orbit
4 build space station in orbit with a 6 month restriction as there is no gravity.
5 land on the moon. As prestege!
* We are here. Future steps.
6 Need tech to put efficent resources into orbit at a decent cost. Space lift ramjet hybrid space craft.
7 build gravitation generated spinning space station. for long time space mission. And base for further space exploring.
8 Build space dock and warehouse for prepearing for moon base.
9 build moon base.
10 enable moon mining.
11 build a industrial moon base.
12 build a moon space port.
13 build a large spaceship yard to build the vessel who brings the resources and man to orbit around mars build there a space station and ware hous.
This ship whil go from mars ware hous to earth space warehouse to put more resources to mars station. To prepare to build moon mars base.
14 Mine mars.
15 resources flow to larger earth space warehous space base.
This is possible with current tech the main problem is funding and international backup for this expensive space presences.
To put this further we misses lot of tech. Go further means traveling time is just to long. MArs mission back and forth could be in 4 to 7 years cycle.
ION drive would need to long acceleration time.
Nuclair is possible but polutes orbit.
Or need to be tugged to a decent distance.
The moon and mars bases are not kolonies because they depend on earth. And because of low gravitation there must be gravity training or people need to replace from time to time.
So there is still no trading.
There need a engien solution wo combines tje lack of power but fuel efficency of Ion drive with the power of nuclair blast drive. With out poluting.
The ++/-- 100 steps further need a lot of fiction solutions come real to make kolonisation feasable or not to risky or expensive.
This thing is just part of step 6 in a early fase.
I don't think other design out reality or other scifi show make sense in a specific game. As most scifi show and game the made up some fiction to solve some problems wich would make these possibility works. Depending of what of fiction they fantisize. Ships are designed about these rulez. altho there might be plot holes.
I don;t know if Elite has some technology references like startrek does.