Re: [FT/FB] Maximum ship size

Robert Crawford wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 06:59:10AM +0000, Rob Paul wrote:
> > I remember an old Heinlein in which massive (colony ship-type)
"torch ships"
> > took off and landed from the sea.  I seem to recall they were
spherical, but
> > at any rate it might make a (fairly feeble) excuse to have
spacecraft with
> > watercraft shaped hulls.
> 
>	  "Inherit the Stars"? It's the one with the twin telepaths for
> FTL communications.

	TIME FOR THE STARS by Robert Heinlein.

>	  I don't think they were spherical -- rather, they were cones
> with hemispheres on top, like Traveller's X-boats.

	Well, the illustrations I saw were more like spheres
	with a tiny truncated cone stuck on the bottom.