• Kichae@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    “I’ve told you before, Ensign, call it life support when on the bridge.”

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    5 months ago

    There’s actually truth to that. In a vacuum, heat doesn’t convect and can only radiate away. Assuming all systems aren’t down, then you’re more likely to roast than freeze from all the heat from other equipment and such building up.

  • then_three_more@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    How quickly would the crew boil alive without active cooling?

    You’ve got

    • Lots of electrical equipment
    • Lots of body heat
    • A fucking matter anti matter reactor
    • Secondary fusion reactors.

    On a ship with no physical radiators.

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    4 months ago

    I’ve had a few old cars where you had to turn off the AC in order to accelerate fast enough to use a highway on-ramp. presumably if you get a lemon of a starship off craigslist, you need to disable life support to go to warp