2/ which ... is in the novel.https://twitter.com/The_Petrichory/status/1377712779763720194 …
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You fudged? Heinlein would have slapped your face.
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Heinlein of "Tunnel in the Sky" (teleporting gates) and "Door into Summer" (time travel)? do go on
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I was hopeful for the cotton-based super capacitors when I read about them, but haven't been keeping up.
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The difference between hard SF authors and soft SF authors is hard SF authors know when they're making shit up.
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I thought the "F" in SF stood for making shit up!
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I'm featuring an orbital ring, which requires mature superconductor tech; so I might as well use it for SMES (superconducting magnetic energy storage) too.
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if the vacuum chamber is breached (e.g. in a crash landing), then the flywheels are pushed out of their magnetic bearings and hit each other, and hit the walls, and you start a chain reaction of exploding pieces
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>I did the calculations and then fudged a bit) Pity no calcs re: the big boost in the end. Rockets really suck, so just substitute other drive and get rid of glaring bug..
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