Re: [OFFICIAL] Freighters/Merchants question....

on 04.11.11 8:59 AM, Bill Brush wrote:

> JMO, but I think interstellar freighters will be spheres unless
there's a
> technological reason they're not practical.  That gives you the most
volume
> for the least surface area which means the least amount of
construction
> materials needed to build it.

Your comment on surface area:volume is certainly true, but it only
matters
if there's some reason to put the cargo inside a hull. Endless strings
of
containers is another possibility.

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