Pepe wrote:
Double Retired wrote:
I think there are structural reasons for rockets to be the shape they are. They can't crumble during launch and I think that is why they are the shape they are...it is the cheapest way to keep them rigid.
On the other hand, the proposed new shape would probably be great for space stations. I'm sure the rockets would love to dock with them.
And there are structural reasons for penises to be the shape they are.
Seriously.
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In human males, the shape of the penis--particularly the umbrella-like 'lip' under the tumescent glans head (the coronal ridge) was sculpted by natural selection to retract the semen of any other males who may have had sex with that woman within the previous 48 hours, since this is the approximate length of time that ...29 June 2012
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? PW Talks with Jesse Bering
https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... t+shape%3FI studied computers, not biology, but I suspect that if the goal is to to get a DNA sample delivered to an interior destination then some conceptually similar shape would seem useful. Conceptually similar to pushing a rocket through the atmosphere without creating resistance.
But I'll trust that evolution, natural selection, and Mother Nature have their reasons...which, I know, could be "Oh! Look what happened!"
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