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See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete - an alloy of the two greatest structural materials of all time, ice and s
by Y_Y 11mo ago
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete - an alloy of the two greatest structural materials of all time, ice and sawdust!
It turns out that if you don't need your ship to go fast, all you need to do is have a structure that can produce enough displacement to be bouyant and stable. You could carve a ship out of marble if you wanted.
- dnemmers 11mo agoAnd the British attempt at a floating ice carrier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk
- PaulDavisThe1st 11mo agoFront page material for HN if ever I saw it ...
- fleahunter 11mo ago[flagged]
- Y_Y 11mo agoMaybe we can just stick an outboard motor and some runway markings on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and call that a supercarrier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch
- 3eb7988a1663 11mo agoThere was a MythBusters episode about this. The team had a pretty tough time making a working craft out of it. https://mythresults.com/alaska-special-2 https://mythresults.com/alaska-special-2