Timeline for Why do calculations need to be made before jumping into hyperspace?
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| Oct 3, 2014 at 18:50 | comment | added | unity100 | Yes that would be the logical course to take. its interesting why they didnt do it like that. | |
| Oct 3, 2014 at 2:17 | comment | added | user31563 | I think the point of ending up at some unknown point between galaxies has to do with the other question linked to from this question: when the choice is "end up in an unknown location" or "die from that star destroyer" I would take a quick jump out of there where I can then take my time to plot a course someplace I really want to be. | |
| Oct 3, 2014 at 0:03 | comment | added | unity100 | hyperspace cannot rely on gravity to work. because if there is any gravity effect on a craft in hyperspace, it would be impossible to get through the mess. ranging from stars to galactic centers. hyperspace must be relatively free of gravity, like 'another dimension'. hence you enter, you exit. it must be the complement and counterpart of space/time. say time/space if you will. | |
| Oct 2, 2014 at 22:04 | comment | added | supercat | What if Hyperspace relies upon gravity to work, in a fashion vaguely analogous to the way that real-life space probes are sent on slingshot trajectories around planets? If a space probe which is supposed to slingshot around the terrestrial moon and then around Jupiter misses Jupiter by a bit too much, the amount of fuel required to get it anyplace useful might exceed by orders of magnitude the amount of fuel that would have been required to reach its destination had the trajectory been calculated more accurately. | |
| Oct 2, 2014 at 20:42 | comment | added | Null♦ | Although space is mostly empty I think the bigger issue is avoiding stars, black holes, etc. If you jump to the middle of nowhere it's no big deal -- just jump again. But if you jump into an object you're dead. | |
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| Oct 2, 2014 at 20:35 | history | answered | unity100 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |