| SF (non-Military) Question of the Day! |
by Illiad |
2007-05-18 00:01:48 |
| Where are we going to end up? On other planets or in orbiting stations? Both? Neither? Why? |
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Planets. | by raptillicus | 2007-05-18 00:04:27 |
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Neither | by Merfax | 2007-05-18 00:11:21 |
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That might take a while. | by raptillicus | 2007-05-18 00:12:42 |
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You need a diary. (n/t) | by raptillicus | 2007-05-18 00:13:09 |
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he HAS one. He needs a TLP (n/t) | by Klaranth | 2007-05-18 02:42:22 |
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I agree with the robots, not with the Neither | by admeralthrawn | 2007-05-18 00:14:13 |
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Why would the robots... | by manxmania | 2007-05-18 00:29:05 |
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They have to live somewhere. | by admeralthrawn | 2007-05-18 07:16:56 |
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They would BE spaceships. (n/t) | by kelli217 | 2007-05-18 09:57:19 |
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You need a Top Level Post. | by Klaranth | 2007-05-18 02:41:55 |
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I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords (n/t | by Havoc | 2007-05-18 04:32:41 |
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Depends how you count space elevators | by admeralthrawn | 2007-05-18 00:13:28 |
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Hang on, how can you stuff 6 billion people | by Klaranth | 2007-05-18 02:02:47 |
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Let's do the math | by Control | 2007-05-18 02:21:29 |
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Wouldnt it be better to have three rings, each | by Klaranth | 2007-05-18 02:40:59 |
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That'd cause problems with space elevators. | by Phoon | 2007-05-18 02:44:34 |
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What about the "wobble" in axial tilt? | by skern | 2007-05-18 04:43:04 |
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Do you mean Chandler Wobble? | by Control | 2007-05-18 23:31:59 |
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That wouldn't work, however | by admeralthrawn | 2007-05-18 07:14:45 |
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Imagine four towers 36000 Km high and about | by ideur | 2007-05-18 02:42:21 |
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a little math | by rhinobird | 2007-05-18 02:51:41 |
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What is the amount of material needed? | by skern | 2007-05-18 04:44:42 |
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The numbers seem correct | by MatthewDBA | 2007-05-18 05:19:37 |
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Some important math is missing | by lurker69 | 2007-05-18 12:18:54 |
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Well, after the wars there will only be | by Havoc | 2007-05-18 05:25:49 |
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Ever read "The World Inside" by Silverberg? | by Havoc | 2007-05-18 05:21:01 |
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I prefer my towers several orders of magnitude | by admeralthrawn | 2007-05-18 07:15:48 |
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Planets. | by manxmania | 2007-05-18 00:17:34 |
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Space stations. | by Tyop | 2007-05-18 00:19:26 |
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Hive Fleet | by NemoHac | 2007-05-18 00:24:02 |
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Muhahahaha!! </manic laughter> (n/t) | by BlueDog987 | 2007-05-18 02:18:13 |
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I prefer to think of it as fertilization. | by skern | 2007-05-18 04:45:47 |
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Both hopefully | by Control | 2007-05-18 00:31:53 |
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Complex environments | by oldphart | 2007-05-18 00:34:56 |
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just a thought... | by skyfloater | 2007-05-18 01:03:02 |
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Rapid evolution in attitudes, rigorously enforced. | by skern | 2007-05-18 04:51:53 |
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Depends on how dangerous alien biospheres are to.. | by FNORDer | 2007-05-18 01:19:45 |
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Extinct. (n/t) | by leonidus | 2007-05-18 01:31:15 |
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Has to be both, but stations first | by imwacc0 | 2007-05-18 01:55:39 |
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Mater? | by rhinobird | 2007-05-18 02:14:33 |
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Why send material up? Why not go collect | by skern | 2007-05-18 04:55:00 |
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You're assuming we'll get off this rock. =/ (n/t) | by raptor_87 | 2007-05-18 02:03:00 |
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we'll have to go somewhere before the earth | by Mistra | 2007-05-18 02:50:54 |
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As paracites in the blood stream of other aliens | by cokish | 2007-05-18 02:58:50 |
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Greg Egan... | by BeanBandit | 2007-05-18 03:24:16 |
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Permutation City | by kelli217 | 2007-05-18 08:53:46 |
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Dyson sphere | by Michiel | 2007-05-18 03:37:02 |
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a dyson sphere | by Mistra | 2007-05-18 04:23:06 |
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Ok then. Some other Dyson structure. | by Michiel | 2007-05-18 05:40:42 |
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The Ringworld is unstable. | by kelli217 | 2007-05-18 08:47:37 |
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Bah you can work stability into thing | by joecrouse | 2007-05-18 10:47:59 |
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I don't see what you're getting at | by Control | 2007-05-18 23:56:27 |
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true, but it's inefficient | by mistra | 2007-05-19 00:42:54 |
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Neither | by voxwoman | 2007-05-18 05:53:18 |
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dead in a hole in the ground... | by other | 2007-05-18 08:22:55 |
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Hey, it worked for me last time... (n/t) | by skern | 2007-05-18 11:51:27 |
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We ended up here didn't we? :-) (n/t) | by stoft | 2007-05-18 08:59:34 |