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[–] Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (11 children)

I never knew there was a difference. Is it just the nacelle placement and the little "hump" just aft of the saucer?

[–] Johnhones@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's a fin on the top, for aerodynamics

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Also those racing stripes make it look real sharp

[–] Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I may not be a smart person, but aerodynamics.. in space?

[–] Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

form drag is proportional to:

  • The denisty of the medium.
  • The velocity of the moving body (squared).

Interstellar space might be very undense, peaking at about 10^-15 kg/m^3...

However the enterprise E is very fast, with warp 9.9 being approx 20,000 c or 6 * 10^13 m/s, and that matters twice as much

This puts the overall cosmodymanic forces at Cd * 3.6 * 10^12 N/m^2 or approximately the same as experienced by a Sandworm going mach 30.

So sure why not, Einstein and Newton are dead so can't complain, and I'm pretty sure I could beat up Bill Nye.

[–] Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have no grounds to question anything that you said, but all I can imagine is this image.

Ithis image

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