Re: A good altitude for Ortillery? Math and astrophysics guys helpout

PERRYG1@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 99-11-30 18:41:04 EST, you write:
>  two, you're assuming firepower is concentrated in ships. i think the
>  javelin idea (explained well in NivenPournelle's 'footfall' - BUY
YOUR
>  COPY TODAY!) is that you plaster a low orbit with autonomous javelins
>>
> 
> Was this the basis for B5's Centauri Mass Drivers used against the
Narn Home
> World?

	Actually, I believe the basis for those mass drivers
	can be found in the much older novel
	THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein.

	That novel also had a computer making a CGI simulation
	of a person, suitable for a videophone.
	This is old hat now, but it's not bad for a novel
	that was probably written before you were born.