Brian Ronald

It might be a bug, or it might just be that our model gives it that temperature. **Sirius B** is a cold star, so **Sirius B a** wouldn't get much...

I stand by every word. Alpha Centaurus is s great example; Toliman (as was; the stars' names have been moved around IRL since the Pioneer project began) is at such...

For gas giants, and Venus for that matter, have high pressures do some damage to the ship. The surface of Saturn is about 6 bar; the surface of Venus is...

Submarines are designed to resist outside pressure, whereas spacecraft are designed to contain pressure within. Something that can do both would involve compromises of some sort, which wouldn't necessarily be...

Just for reference (-: 

Obvious repetition in the galaxy.

Sure that's the temperature, and not just the acceleration? In any case, Wikipedia to the rescue: > An approximate rule-of-thumb used by heat shield designers for estimating peak shock layer...

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Fixed, XFCE on Ubuntu 16.04

Same on Ubuntu/XFCE