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do you think a helicopter would work in space?

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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how would sperm orient in space? are we doomed as a species if we have to jettison into a 0-gravity environment?
 

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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i think we [the species, that is] would have to copulate in a centrifuge.

wouldn't be the first time someone puked on me during sex
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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i think we [the species, that is] would have to copulate in a centrifuge.

wouldn't be the first time someone puked on me during sex
So birth control wouldn't be required in space? Awesome.


Would some kind of automated felching device be required for post coitus cleanup?
 

maddog17

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Jan 20, 2008
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how would sperm orient in space? are we doomed as a species if we have to jettison into a 0-gravity environment?
i think the facial shot catagory in porn would suffer the most! but it would be intersting to see how fast Peter North would zoom across space when he does his pop shot!! that's assuming he's outside of the space station or whatever the hell he gets into space in. inside it would be a scary site, for us that is. for female porn stars, it's just another exercise in catching the shot!!

wow, never thought this thread would sink to this level on such an innocent random thought by a very bored person.

congrats everyone to sinking to another all time low!!!! :cheers: :cheers:
 

SquadraCorse

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Back to the helicopter thing....You need atmosphere to generate pressure differences on the aerofoil of a wing to generate lift. Your atmosphere is composed of various molecules.....Space is not a total vacuum (there are still some minute ammounts of molecules floating around). So if you could make a wing (or rotor) brutally efficient, and weren't limited by size or anything like that, is it possible to generate a force with an aerofoil in the vacuum of space, regardless of how small a force? Not make a helicopter work, simply generate a force perpendicular to the plane of rotor rotation.

Edit: Feasibility doesn't matter either, I.E. if tip-to-tip of the rotors was 1000 miles.
 
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MMike

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Sep 5, 2001
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Back to the helicopter thing....You need atmosphere to generate pressure differences on the aerofoil of a wing to generate lift. Your atmosphere is composed of various molecules.....Space is not a total vacuum (there are still some minute ammounts of molecules floating around). So if you could make a wing (or rotor) brutally efficient, and weren't limited by size or anything like that, is it possible to generate a force with an aerofoil in the vacuum of space, regardless of how small a force? Not make a helicopter work, simply generate a force perpendicular to the plane of rotor rotation.

Edit: Feasibility doesn't matter either, I.E. if tip-to-tip of the rotors was 1000 miles.
wow....look at the big brayn...

 

w00dy

In heaven there is no beer
Jun 18, 2004
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Rockets work in space because they shoot exhaust gas very fast. The equal and opposite reaction is the motion of the rocket itself.

A bottle rocket would not work because it's fuel source needs atmospheric oxygen to burn.

You might be able to propel yourself through space with enough refried burritos.