On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor (2002)

Re:On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor... by zdyn5 on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:05PM (#39722366)

Not if they eject the trash above escape velocity

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Re:On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor... by smallmancontrov on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:08PM (#39722395)

Charge up the electromagnetic trash cannon!

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Re:On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor... by greggsy on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:28PM (#39722507)

You’d presumably need some kind of trash compactor to maximise the efficiency.

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Re:On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor... by woleium on Friday March 15, 2024 @10:46PM (#39722894)

Anything is a weapon if its going fast enough

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Re:On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor... by KineticLensman on Friday March 15, 2024 @11:18PM (#39723070)

This presumably was Humanity’s fall back if the fusion drives didn’t stop the Kzinti

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Re:On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor... by brookst on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:13PM (#39722419)

Aka the trash to kinetic weapon converter.

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