ORBITAL VECTOR
This site is meant to be an online encyclopedia for the technology of the future.
Technology that may exist ten years or ten centuries from now, as imagined by scientists, engineers, authors, and artists alike.
Orbital Vector is a work in progress dedicated to collecting and cataloging speculative technology ideas, and to function as a bridge between real science and science fiction for the layman. On the hub pages and articles, technology is arranged from lowest tech to highest, so that the further down the page you scroll, the deeper into the future you go.
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AIRCRAFT
CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT
Airplanes and jets.
ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
Helicopters and related craft.
AIRSHIPS
Lighter-Than-Air vehicles.
AQUATIC
DIVING TECH
Personally exploring the watery world.
SURFACE SHIPS
Navigating Earth's seas.
SUBMERSIBLES
Plumbing the ocean depths.
OCEANIC HABITATION
Living and working in the aquatic environment.
GRAVITICS
GRAVITICS
Artificially manipulating gravity.
MATERIALS
MATERIALS
Advanced forms of matter.
MEDICAL
DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
Reading the human body.
MEGASTRUCTURES
TERRESTRIAL
Megastructures on the surface of Earth.
PLANET SCALE
Constructs on the scale of asteroids, moons, and planets.
STELLAR SCALE
Megastructures on the scale of stars.
COSMIC
Constructs on the scale of solar systems, galaxies, and beyond.
MILITARY
MISC. WEAPONS
Armament oddballs.
NON-LETHAL WEAPONS
Taking the enemy without killing.
FIREARMS
The small arms of the future.
TACTICAL WEAPONS
Artillery and vehicle weapons.
SPACE WEAPONS
Warfare on the High Frontier.
DEFENSES & COUNTERMEASURES
Protective Measures.
POWER
POWER
Energy production, transfer, and storage.
SPACE
ORBITAL TRAVEL
From Earth to Space and back again.
DEEP SPACE PROPULSION
Tooling around the Solar Sytem.
INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT
Crossing the vast gulfs between the stars.
FTL
Outracing a beam of light.
SPACE STRUCTURES
Outposts in the Great Dark.
SPACE EQUIPMENT
Personal gear for the final frontier.
THE MOON
Earth's natural satellite.
VENUS
The morning star.
MARS
The red planet.
ASTEROIDS AND COMETS
Cosmic debris.
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