The non Newtonian fluid nature of the custard could make de-orbitting a tricky proposition. Land too softly and you'd sink, too heavily and you'd smash the lander.
We may be thinking about this too much.
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antmulder Flick your icefloss, Tue 12 Dec 2023, 17:23,
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In a custard ocean I'd agree. However you could try landing on a frozen custard mountain. How slippery would a custard mountain be? Would you slide all the always down to a custard sea? Could you even make a custard mountain, or would it just slump like a glacier? How poisonous would a custard atmosphere be? Would the custard fall as rain or snow?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 12 Dec 2023, 18:44,
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No results found for "sublimating custard".
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 12 Dec 2023, 20:20,
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Well if NASA aren't researching this stuff, then what the fuck are they up to?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 12 Dec 2023, 23:16,
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That has me wondering.
Is proper custard non-Newtonian or just the powdered stuff?
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jonbob loves you, Wed 13 Dec 2023, 22:58,
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I'd be less worried about the landing than the take-off, a naked flame and all that custard dust could be an explosive combination
I believe this is frequently taught in schools, possibly to encourage thought about using custard as an energy source apart from in baked goods and puddings.
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How would the non-Newtonian fluid nature affect the planetary behaviour?
If the planet were of sufficient mass to undergo stellar ignition, would that help or hinder that process? How about eventual collapse once any Custardstar had burned all the sugar? Would it resist forming a custardy singularity and alternatively form a Yellow Dwarf?
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 12 Dec 2023, 22:43,
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thanks - these are all very interesting theories however..
planet custard is a planet who now orbits with the moon, she hides behind it most of the time as she's scared as everything is so big - the truth is she originates from another solar system far far away, which is food based and tiny in comparsion to our own. Their sun is made from a combination of sugar and butter. but how did planet custard get here? i dont know but we believe she caught a lift from an alien in a fried egg spaceship
does that sound plausible?
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Wait, the custard is sentient? We're going to have so many problems getting these experiments past the ethics panel...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 13 Dec 2023, 13:12,
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Never mind that,
we have sentient alien biomaterial (potentially containing alien pathogens) literally raining down on us. We need to inform the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, NASA's Planetary Protection department and the World Health Organisation, and we need to get Interpol to round up every cat and duck who have come into contact with this matter, quarantine them, vivisect them (just to be sure) and sterilise all infected geographical areas.
This could be a prelude to a global mass extinction event, or an alien invasion, or both.
(Obviously the feline lunar space program must be cancelled too.)
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 13 Dec 2023, 17:53,
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To be honest the feline lunar space program hasn't been going well.
Despite the years spent designing, building and testing a feline specific airlock that requires minimal effort or interaction there still seems to be some sort of issue.
Commander 'Tibb' Tibbles still insists on looking in through the main airlock while meowing over the intercom until a crew member suits up and goes through the longer process of operating and opening the main airlock.
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Nah
Just give them two manilla envelopes stuffed with unmarked notes instead of the usual single one.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 13 Dec 2023, 20:30,
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