It wouldn't be able to fly without air to push against to gain lift. But it would freeze or suffocate before that became an issue.
Bats in Space
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As I said above, things don't "freeze" in space. It'd suffocate long, long, long before it froze. Again, vacuums are great insulators.
It's not that simple. Everything that flies on Earth depends on gravity too. It can fly without it wonderfully, but the landing is a problem. Projectiles and missiles fired at anything beyond the horizon also need gravity, not air.
Non sequitur.
1) the important part of the sentence is "but not air". The need for gravity is not in dispute.
2) for true "flight" both gravity and atmosphere are needed. landing will take care of itself.
3)projectiles and missiles do not "fly" in the mechanical sense. They do not rely on surfaces to provide lift.
So truly, your entire post - non sequitur.
Yeah, projectiles follow ballistic trajectories that are influenced by forces due to gravity and viscosity. Missile also have a propulsive force due to their source of thrust such as a rocket engine, ramjet, or similar. Both projectiles and missiles might have aerodynamic surfaces to alter trajectory, but apart from cruise missiles, such surfaces are not usually used to provide lift. Neither projectiles nor missiles fly like bats.
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What if the bat has a little, tiny space helmet?
Still wouldn't be able to fly.
And if it had a little, tiny rocket pack?
Who needs navigation thrusters when he's got a helmet?
What about a tiny warp core?
Nah, can't do that, the intense forces at the edges of the warp field will cause the exterior of the bat to collapse. You don't want any naked bats running around, do you?
Little, tiny structural integrity field generator.
What if we reverse the polarity?
But that would cause the starboard power coupling to fail!
Run a level 2 diagnostic!
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