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> The very first episode of the original Battlestar Galactica had the character Starbucks using the “turbos” in his spacecraft. Those unaware might not know tha
by crgwbr 7y ago
> The very first episode of the original Battlestar Galactica had the character Starbucks using the “turbos” in his spacecraft. Those unaware might not know that turbines compress air, which outer space is sorely lacking.
It’s pedantic, but rockets do have “turbos” actually. They use turbo-pumps to feed fuel and lox from the tanks into the combustion chamber.
- mikestew 7y agoI will grant you one Pedantry Credit to use, as it sounds familiar and I have no reason to not believe you. But in return I will point out that I doubt that’s where Starbuck was going with that. :-) (And for the second time, auto-correct, the character’s name is STARBUCK, singular. FFS, Apple, Moby Dick is a default book included in the Books app, did no one there read it?)
- paranoidrobot 7y agoIf you're interested, Scott Manley gives a good intro to the way rocket engines work, and in particular turbo pumps[1] at ~3:30. [1] https://youtu.be/4QXZ2RzN_Oo?t=212 https://youtu.be/4QXZ2RzN_Oo?t=212