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Dyson's Candle, anyone?
I figure, 4 gens in, Hephaestus is going to have developed the capability to _move_ Great Heaping Things, just to keep in a position to provide engineering, technical, and supply help to those crazy Rockhounds - so while we may not be able to latch onto Mars itself, the Moon (and moons) will be easy enough.. we'll just have to mobilize every heavy-lift reactionless and reaction motor we can, and build about an extra 50% additional..
no problem, quoth Aaron Wilson Eagle Geek, the 4th in the line of ugly dwarfish propietors of Hephaestus.
good stuff, Mr. Fnord. keep rockin in the free world with this one, comrade. Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979
Dyson's Candle, anyone?
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I figure, 4 gens in, Hephaestus is going to have developed the capability to _move_ Great Heaping Things, just to keep in a position to provide engineering, technical, and supply help to those crazy Rockhounds - so while we may not be able to latch onto Mars itself, the Moon (and moons) will be easy enough.. we'll just have to mobilize every heavy-lift reactionless and reaction motor we can, and build about an extra 50% additional..
no problem, quoth Aaron Wilson Eagle Geek, the 4th in the line of ugly dwarfish propietors of Hephaestus.
good stuff, Mr. Fnord. keep rockin in the free world with this one, comrade. Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979