/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2164417

The link you gave is about the visibility of reaction engines at interplanetary distances, not interstellar like I was talking about.

It depends on how well the the exhaust is collated, that Atomic Rocket set up is mostly about nuclear pulse propulsion and external laser mediated pulse fusion drives. Now since those are the most primitive drives and the nuclear pulse propulsion is the only one proven to work that is acceptable. But if it is an internal confinement fusion drive or antimatter annihilation drive the exhaust will be two well collated to see at interstellar distances, even though it would stand out at interplanetary distances. Likewise although your radiators would be highly visible at a range from the earth to mars at a range of half the way to Proxima Centuri you might as well be invisible.

I don't think the benevolent berserker plan is viable in real life, but you have made up an interesting hard scifi concept. Use it in a story before someone steals it.

Strangely the one method of achieving stealth in space they don't talk about on that site is using a heat sink, then ejecting it once the battle is done or just after you get to fire the opening salvo. Although for obvious reasons the heat sink method of cooling your ship, or portion of it only works for really short battles and manueuvers. Might not actually be practical.

>>2074794
Its going to be very difficult to get the atmosphere to a point where it will self-fusion. You pretty much glassed the crust and upper-mantle just to get to this point.

Pic unrelated, but it works.

Problem?

STEALTH IN SPACE. Problem atomicrockets?

>>1914039
hehe, I love when shit that works is mixed in.

would this work?