Nyrath
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🕑 Added 2015-09-04 22:21:02 +0000 UTC ADVANCED DESIGNadded to Docking Ports a quote Docking in the Eldraeverse
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/advdesign.php#eldraedock
added to Life Boats a quote The Future in Space: Escape Pods
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/advdesign.php#futureescapepods
ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY
added to Spinning Up a table of 1.0 g centrifuge radii
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#id--Spinning_Up
added new data and charts about the maximum allowable spin on centrifuges.
and added some new gallery pictures of pulp SF illos of people floating in microgravity
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#limit
ASTROGATION DECK
added to Computers two SF quotes featuring slide rules
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php#id--Computers
SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE
expanded the section Element Bottlenecks.
added a quote from The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
added a quote from Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/infrastructure.php#id--In-situ_Resource_Utilization--Element_Bottlenecks
added to Kuck Mosquito images by artist Nick Stevens
and a note about how Kuck Mosquitoes resemble Enterobacteria phage T4 virus
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/infrastructure.php#id--Orbital_Propellant_Depots--Kuck_Mosquito
added to Beamed Power a quote on Power Beaming Equations
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/infrastructure.php#selenianboondocks
LIFE SUPPORT
added to Hygiene a quote about lack of cleanliness
and a quote Gettin' Clean
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/lifesupport.php#cleanlack
drastically expanded the section on Artificial Gravity, with charts and everything
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/lifesupport.php#id--Requirements--Artificial_Gravity
SLOWER THAN LIGHT
expanded the section on Seed Ships
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/slowerlight.php#id--Go_Slow--Lifespan--Seed_Ship
SPACE STATIONS
added a quote from Between Planets
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacestations.php#circumterra
SPACE SUITS AND TUGS
added images of William Black's EVA pod
and NASA's FlexCraft
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacesuits.php#orioneva
USEFUL TABLES
added to the Rho Table some density values for the ISS and Bigelow
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/usefultables.php#id--Mass-Apha-Rho_Tables
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Comments
Nyrath
I'll have to add that one. I started reading it about 20 years ago, and got bogged down after a couple of chapters.
John
Another story where a seed ship plays a major plot point is James P. Hogan's _Voyage from Yesteryear,_ where the question of what the children would be like, raised by Robots is answered. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_from_Yesteryear" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_from_Yesteryear</a>
