Comments on: The Future Of Spaceflight. https://scientificgamer.com/the-future-of-spaceflight/ Science, gaming, and all things in between. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.36 By: To Vee Or Not To Vee. « The Scientific Gamer https://scientificgamer.com/the-future-of-spaceflight/#comment-265 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:02:47 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=874#comment-265 [...] so much is because it illustrates a key restriction on travelling around the solar system that I’ve brought up more than a few times before on here: by far the hardest part of space travel is getting out of the [...]

]]> By: hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/the-future-of-spaceflight/#comment-264 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:16:36 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=874#comment-264 Ha, you’re exactly right, Syndicate Wars has a space elevator. Can’t believe I forgot about that.

]]> By: slimbuk https://scientificgamer.com/the-future-of-spaceflight/#comment-263 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:07:48 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=874#comment-263 I love that the Civ 4 space elevator seems to get built with little more than some forklift trucks and some scaffolding.

It’s not just 4X games though, syndicate and I-war off the top of my head has a space elevator.

]]> By: innokenti https://scientificgamer.com/the-future-of-spaceflight/#comment-262 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:23:51 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=874#comment-262 Let’s face it, the ‘shooting things with a giant rail’ is probably the cooler way of doing it all anyway.

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