Still More Inspiration and Meta Sites, Because They're Out There
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Still More Inspiration and Meta Sites, Because They're Out There
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Satellites on the cheap:
http://www.nasa.gov/offic...ity/edison/phonesat.html -- "You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor 
News on the astronomical field: A sugar molecule has been spotted in a star.
http://www.google.com/hos...681e4979881ee2786b4af8e8 The star is IRAS 16293-2422, 400 light years from Earth. But of course we all know the name of its main planet, Equestria. Er... OK, so Fenspace is an utopian settign and all that, but a tiny little Exterminatus never hurt anyone, right? Before it is too late? 
Sweet!
________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig? 
Need an idea for your next Fenspace character?
![[Image: tumblr_lltboszkCe1qamzmho1_500.jpg]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lltboszkCe1qamzmho1_500.jpg) (That's more than any other US state, BTW, and it includes Glenn and Armstrong. Here's the complete list.) -- 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 robkelk Wrote:Need an idea for your next Fenspace character? Headline new! Terrorist group planned to wave Ohio to fly away with it. Details after the news break.
Would anyone find out if there had been a failed attempt to create Unreal Estate?
-- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind Rakhasa Wrote:News on the astronomical field: A sugar molecule has been spotted in a star.Isn't MLP some form of psychological problem? [grin] -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind Ace Dreamer Wrote:Would anyone find out if there had been a failed attempt to create Unreal Estate?Depending on how flawed the attempt was, it might turn out as Surreal Estate... -- 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
Somebody's going to have to write up Italy's opinion of the Convention, because I've already copied this image to the FenWiki.
-- 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 robkelk Wrote:So, that would be land that was still there, on Earth, and from outside looks perfectly normal, but if you went onto it, the view is from somewhere in L5, except the sunlight is muted to safe levels for the local vegetation?Ace Dreamer Wrote:Would anyone find out if there had been a failed attempt to create Unreal Estate?Depending on how flawed the attempt was, it might turn out as Surreal Estate... And, if you go to that exact location in L5, there is a volume which the sun (or any other electromagnetic radiation?) doesn't illuminate, though you can fly through it with no problem? For extra fun, if you send out radio signals from on this land (on Earth) they come out at L5, though telephone etc connections via cable still work. Guess you could build a theme park there... What the authorities would do about the attempted land theft... I'm sure, some places, you could be prosecuted under planning regulations, for 'change of use'. The logic for this situation might be someone tried to do 'stealth' Unreal Estate? -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind robkelk Wrote:Somebody's going to have to write up Italy's opinion of the Convention, because I've already copied this image to the FenWiki.Italy might approve of L5 grapes, and L5 wine... http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Surreal_Estate [grin] -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
http://www.citizensinspac...ue-origin-a-peak-inside/
-- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. 
There's a nice page here with a good summary and many links for the infamous/audacious Project Orion nuclear pulse rocket.
Including this modern re-imagining, which has allegedly been completely engineered inside and out by the fellow who made this video: -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. Bob Schroeck Wrote:There's a nice page here with a good summary and many links for the infamous/audacious Project Orion nuclear pulse rocket.Sorry, Bob, but that page looked pretty sparse when I went there - maybe a browser issue? I've always found the WikiPedia page pretty good for this subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...%28nuclear_propulsion%29 Must come close to the least subtle space tech ever, I think Orion was used in Niven & Pournelle's "Footfall": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footfall with a recent IRL suggestion of using Woomera (or somewhere in Australia British nuclear tests already left radioactive) for a true (under?) ground launch, rather than that video's host of ex-Shuttle solid fuel boosters. But, I still have a liking for what must be the most dirty nuclear drive ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...uclear_salt-water_rocket which you don't want to point at a planet which you plan on using, any time soon. -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
Not sure if this really counts for here, as I've already used this in the "Spacepatrol" entry I put in the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29 http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/ http://www.thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=1203 I thought "The Space Show" at least looked worth poking further: http://www.thespaceshow.com/ -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind 
http://news.yahoo.com/tur...-doll-sea-183819489.html
Brains... what have you and Uran been up to this time? Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky? That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry- NO QUARTER!!! -- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children Star Ranger4 Wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/tur...-doll-sea-183819489.htmlWell, Uran does travel quite a bit, and would probably like to visit Turkey, some time... Finding this would suggest something bad had happened... -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
New Hubble "Extreme Deep Field" pic. Over two million seconds of exposure, taking in sights up to 13 billion light years away....
http://blogs.discovermaga...bble-extreme-deep-field/ -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Final landing, in LA
-- 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 
As the man once said, I didn't ask for this...
random SBer Wrote:Hi, I read Candle in the Dark over the last few and wanted to read up on Fenspace. I've been looking at the wiki, but I figured something more condensed would be safer and take less time, so I checked TVTropes and discovered there's no trope page for it. So I made.Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information "I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!" M Fnord Wrote:As the man once said, I didn't ask for this...Accidents and Desasters are always "for free"... 
Doesn't our license require attribution? If there isn't, is that a DMCA violation?
Somebody who still has a TVTropes account should fix this, one way or the other... -- 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 HRogge Wrote:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... ?page=full"But in space, you don't need that doorway between the sea and the sky, because your "fighter" is operating in the same medium as the mothership. You don't need a flight deck. You just need a hatch, or maybe just a clamp that attaches the fighter to the hull if you don't mind leaving it outside. You don't need the big engines or the big elevated flight deck. And hence it doesn't make nearly so much sense to put all of your eggs in one basket." Cue the Roughriders' Peacemakers and F-eZigs... -- 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 HRogge Wrote:http://www.foreignpolicy....riers_in_space?page=fullVery impressive article, well worth reading and thinking about carefully. Thanks! -- "It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind |
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