On 8-8-2013 20:19, Alain wrote:

>> Another picture about space ships.
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> Nice and strange AIR ships. Space ships don't need any wings or any
> thing looking like wings as there is no air to travel through.
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> In fact, a space ship don't need to be nicely profiled, they can be
> realy boxy with the function dictating the shape.
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>
>
It is like with the first cars, they came with a horse-drawn buggy 
chassis. First generation space ships resemble airships for the same 
reasons ;-) Later models diverged.

Interestingly, in the novels of E.E. 'Doc' Smith (Skylark series and 
Lensman series) written between the 1920's and 1950's space ships were 
often of spherical design initially, evolving to tear drop shape for 
higher speeds through the 'ether'.

Thomas

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