RE: Andromeda

In message <F94PcxBVspxEeUk3Ogk00004888@hotmail.com>
	  "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:

> >From: Charles Taylor <nerik@monkslode.fsnet.co.uk>
> 
> >What I forgot to add - the 1sr episode dialog gives an approximate
> >volume for Andromeda of 20 million cubic m (actual hull volume) -
with
> >that 96.4 kTonne, thats 5kg per cubic m - or 1/200 of the density of
> >water!
> 
> Ok... by "Actual Hull Volume", do you mean, "Actual volume of the
material 
> from which the hull is constructed" (Which would make for a very thin
hull 
> indeed), or does it mean the more logical "Actual volume of the
internal 
> space of the hull" (In which case the "density of water" thing
wouldn't be 
> that applicable to the hull material)?
> 
> 3B^2
> 
The latter - just the ratio of MASS to volume seems a bit low - even for
a largely hollow spacecraft... I could be wrong though :-)

Charles