RE: Capital vs. others Debate

What makes you think they don't ?

:)

Gene

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>From:	"johnjmedway"[SMTP:jjm@zycor.lgc.com]
>Sent:	Wednesday, April 02, 1997 11:17 AM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Cc:	George,Eugene M
>Subject:	Re: Capital vs. others Debate
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>On Apr 2,  9:48, Joachim Heck - SunSoft wrote:
>> Subject: Capital vs. others Debate
>> Jim Bell Jnbell Christine Hartig writes (edited):
>>
>> @:) What if we take page from the Starfleet Wars with reguard to
>> @:) screens and say they are projected out around the ships.
>> @:)
>> @:) If this is true then you can get under the screen.
>>
>>   This is a cool idea but I have no idea how to make it work.  Ok,
>> fine, I do have an idea.
>>
>>   Extensible Screen
>>   Mass 5?  Cost 35?
>>
>>   This device operates like a normal screen except that it can be
>> projected much further from the ship.  For each device, the screened
>> protection may be extended an additional 3" from the projecting ship.
>
>According to some common opinions of the scale of FT, that's something
like
>3000 kilometers of extended radius! You could land your ship on Pluto
and
>protect the entire surface! Or, with just a bit more range, and you
could
>bury
>it in the middle of Mars and protect the entire planet.
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