science

2024-12-16

the Space Shuttle

Perfect because I’m supposed to make the stats of this for Cepheus Engine.

2024-11-07

Japanese Teardown of BYD Atto 3

​​The recent public teardown of BYD’s Atto 3 in Japan has highlighted significant challenges and potential strategies for Japanese automakers (JAM) in the evolving electric…

2024-10-26

Research – Simplified Rockets

I’m working on developing a Cepheus Engine Ship Generator spreadsheet that will handle all the calculations necessary for ship design and performance assessment. Here are…

2024-10-24

0G manufacturing – the race for the moon

fueled by Hypersonic Arms race – to Counter Hypersonic threats you need Space Superiority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point_colonization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_manufacturing The idea that microgravity (or near-zero gravity) environments could…

2024-10-23

Not enough about Jupiter

The Moon and Beyond: Humanity’s Next Steps in the Solar System Watching Anthrofuturism has deepened my understanding of the Moon’s crucial role in humanity’s expansion…

2022-05-04

Companion AI in Scifi

I can imagine settings where digital companies for mental health would be a right. An external memory of who we are – to better process…

2021-07-16

Today I learned about some basics the Stats of Rockets

  0G Manufacturing is Nano-Technology https://rootsofprogress.org/where-is-my-flying-car  0G manufacturing is ASSEMBLING and FORMING material before Gravity distorts the structure that will be set or cured.  Now…

2020-11-08

Can Science Storytelling be Engaging?

Near Earth Prospects Doing some TRPG musing – How do I run a 2050-2100 TRPG setting without a lot of prep and with believable world-building? …

2015-10-21

Scope of a Hard Sci-Fi RPG Setting

One of the things I’ve mused is what I would need, as a non-programmer, to run a hard sci-fi setting.  One big barrier to Sci-fi…

2013-10-23

Pretty much Game in the Brain

A lot of my experiences inspire me to model things as a game, which is pretty much explains my hadron for SCIENCE. Running inspires me…

2013-10-14

After Moore’s Law

I tried to model Moore’s Law and computing power over time, and wow those assumptions of data processing are pretty exponential. Note that Moore’s Law…

2013-09-16

Knowing your self is a Skill

My wife and I are getting into running, and because we tend to have more friends older than us we are more aware of the…

2013-08-23

Paper expenses, and RPGs with Trade

TL:DR What’s this relation in Gaming, particularly Trade Games like Traveller or any Game where there is trade and negotiations value is pretty arbitrary with…

2013-02-18

Fatigue and Economy of Effort;

Fatigue is not something for every game table. But to simulations its practically ubiquitous in all strategic decision making. Fatigue affects both mind and body, despite what people may believe…