Faterh Inire Theory cont.

David Stockhoff · 14 Dec 2010, 02:09 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:09:52 -0500
Subject: (urth) Faterh Inire Theory cont.
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I like your romantic notion of a starship, Gerry.

I just don't think even "good" air filtration is achievable if everyone 
on the ship thinks as you do and renovates his "suite of rooms" from 
time to time. It would take very little bad behavior from all hands to 
kill the ship.

On 12/13/2010 6:28 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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>
> I really think you are making too much of these limitations on 
> the permissible furnishing of spacecraft which, though far in Urth's 
> past, are far in our future.  They have artificial gravity; if they 
> also have good air filtration, dust may not be as much of a problem as 
> you imagine.  Think of them as like ships on Earth - you can put 
> anything you want there, within reason.
> They use paint because it looks better.  Would you want to sail in a 
> grotty pre-fab starship?  And maybe it didn't flake at all during the 
> voyage anyway.


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