Quote:Attaching the small hub to the large hub is possible, but... well, it'd look like the larger station was wearing a propeller beanie.So?
If the Stellvians get saddled with the nickname "propellerheads" because of this, it'll still be better than when they were shunned right after the Kaboomite Incident. (And Noah'd get a kick out of it, too, as long as nobody uses the term as an insult.)
Besides, it'll be hardly noticeable once there are a few dozen more rings on the station in a few decades.
More importantly, it's necessary for the April Fool's Purchase:
"He wants to buy NASA's space operations? Even if that were allowed, we don't know anything about him!"
"Actually, sir, we do - he's the one who bought those extra half-dozen Shuttle MRB tanks in '08."
"Oh, is that who this is? Well, we do still owe his father a favor or two..."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012