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Why are spaceships aerodynamic?
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| RenderedDream |
in the movies we see the spaceships very beautiful with a aerodynamic design..
well in space there's no "resistance forces" so aerodynamics are useless
what's your opinion? |
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| Dmatrox |
thats a good point. the death star wasnt aerodynamic though :D
maybe people who design it never realized what you realized, space is a vacuum. they probably consider the mindset of how people expect airplanes to look like. |
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| DJ TranceFormer |
| because to get into space, you need to break through te atmosphere, atleast that would be my guess |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by RenderedDream
in the movies we see the spaceships very beautiful with a aerodynamic design..
well in space there's no "resistance forces" so aerodynamics are useless
what's your opinion? |
Well naturaly when we think of stuff "flying around" in space, most people would think of an airplane of some sort. Thus I think movie producers model space ships after planes. |
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| Photo_bot_2k1 |
duh becuase they need to land on planets
its not like you didnt see an x wing ever go down on a planet... |
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| cbxzcm |
| Maybe it has to do with the fact that it just looks cool. The producers of the movies want to attract a large audience. So, they design the spaceships to be appealing to the eye, whether or not it's necessary with respect to the physics of outerspace. This makes me wonder, if we had the technology to build a spaceship capable of freely traveling space, why not add some artistic design to it if it doesn't affect the performance of the spaceship? |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by cbxzcm
Maybe it has to do with the fact that it just looks cool. The producers of the movies want to attract a large audience. So, they design the spaceships to be appealing to the eye, whether or not it's necessary with respect to the physics of outerspace. This makes me wonder, if we had the technology to build a spaceship capable of freely traveling space, why not add some artistic design to it if it doesn't affect the performance of the spaceship? |
Because it would be inefficient. If a spacecraft is not going to enter an atmoshphere it would be designed to have the most effective ratio between surface area and volume. In which case every craft would be a sphere. That wouldn't be very appealling on tv though. |
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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by RenderedDream
in the movies we see the spaceships very beautiful with a aerodynamic design..
well in space there's no "resistance forces" so aerodynamics are useless
what's your opinion? |
The reason for the spaceshuttle's design is for when it reenters the atmostphere. I guess it wouldn't matter when it's above the atmosphere though I dunno. :D |
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| DrUg_Tit0 |
| If it is a spaceship that is designed to be landing on a planet occasionally, then it must be aerodynamic because it would otherwise burn up in the atmosphere on launch/reentry. A ship that is designed only to travel through space doesn't have that need, so it could look any way you please. Imo, although a sphere has the best volume/surface ratio, a torus-like structure is better because you can generate gravity-like force in it by spinning it around. |
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| bassaholix |
Dood its for coming back and leaving the atmosphere...
space outside no one cares.. but you don't see giant triangles doing flights .. lol |
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| RenderedDream |
when i posted this i was not speaking about exit/re-entry in atmosphere...
in games, movies, etc they're always very cool and they even make sounds..=D
games and movies would be boring without sounds or aerodynamics
the question is, will humankind design aerodynamic ships that won't leave space (meaning no atmosphere contact) cause of the big movies influence? |
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| smallSHEEP |
| Assuming that they did not have to enter and leave an atmosphere then i guess they would look much todays satalites and space stations and be cylindrical in shape. Combining easy build factor and high volume to surface area ratio. |
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