In a word? Redundancy. If I put my power storage in the same place as my generators, if the generators are destroyed, I lose all my power because the batteries are probably going to go up with them. … (View Post)
Thought H.R. Giger just made up the design of Aliens out of his imagination? Nope. :) Pharyngeal jaws were a known feature; Giger just expanded on it. Little did he know that the Moray had such a mob… (View Post)
Even a solid shell around the planet wouldn't affect its gravity. :) Check out the theory behind the concept of a Dyson Sphere. You could (theoretically) encase a star in a solid shell of such a mass… (View Post)
