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Hello folks. Today we will be discussing a fictional space probe in the Xa'na sci-fi plot. A probe dubbed the JH-1 was built in the year 2074 by the Xa'na race in the city of Neris, Yanz to explore a nebula near a white dwarf star around 80 light-years away from planet Xanadu. This probe is slow, very slow, at a speed of only 3.46 times the speed of light. The reason for the slow speed is that in the 2060s, a probe dubbed the Zalplokad waged war on Xanadu. Now, Xa'na probes are legally limited in speed, and computing ability. However, as the JH-1 probe was not authorized to be placed into space in 2074 due to a temporary probe ban until 2083, it was promptly shut down after only travelling a few billion miles. After 2083, the JH-1's onboard computer would start up the main power systems, but due to the intense cold in outer space, the probe was deemed a loss. That means the JH-1 will be floating around in the outer Hesal system for centuries before being recovered.
The JH-1 probe is equipped with a graviton displacement drive rated to a top speed of Makarov 2.25 (3.17 billion mph or 5.1 billion km/h), and a cruising speed of Makarov 2. Using new graviton dispacement technology, the JH-1 only requires a cold fusion reactor with an output of just over 6 megawatts.
Man, this stuff is kinda boring if you ask me. Probes are not as cool as crewed missions.
Design your own probe:
So guys, if you were to design a space probe for a sci-fi setting, what type of instruments would you put on it? What type of objects in space would you want the probe explore? For myself, exploring a nebula for elements would be interesting, to see if any of the elements could be the right ingredients for a planet like Earth to form. Of course, God drove the creation of the universe.
White dwarf star info:
en.wikipedia.org
The JH-1 probe is equipped with a graviton displacement drive rated to a top speed of Makarov 2.25 (3.17 billion mph or 5.1 billion km/h), and a cruising speed of Makarov 2. Using new graviton dispacement technology, the JH-1 only requires a cold fusion reactor with an output of just over 6 megawatts.
Man, this stuff is kinda boring if you ask me. Probes are not as cool as crewed missions.
Design your own probe:
So guys, if you were to design a space probe for a sci-fi setting, what type of instruments would you put on it? What type of objects in space would you want the probe explore? For myself, exploring a nebula for elements would be interesting, to see if any of the elements could be the right ingredients for a planet like Earth to form. Of course, God drove the creation of the universe.
White dwarf star info:
White dwarf - Wikipedia
| Makarov Velocity Unit | Speed (multiples of light speed) | Time from Xanadu to Hesalia (min. distance) |
| 0 | 0 c | --- |
| 1 | 1 c | 3 minutes 20 seconds |
| 2 | 3.46 c | 58 seconds |
| 3 | 12 c | 17 seconds |
| 4 | 41.6 c | 5 seconds |
| 5 | 144 c | 1.4 seconds |
| 10 | 71,832 c | Negligible |
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