Re: Long post - RE: [OFFICIAL] Freighters/Merchants question

"laserlight@quixnet.net" wrote:
> 
> >slack.  Modern containers are rated to 24 metric tons of carrying
> capacity, but must withstand being stacked up to 6 deep, meaning they
have
> to be designed to support over 150 metric tons (cargo + container
weight).
> Obviously people don't worry much about a single container failing and
> causing 150 tons to drop through the bottom of the ship.  The
structure of
> a future sphere will be designed to handle "appropriate" amounts of
stress,
> and like current containers, the owners will be responsible for their
> structural integrity and liable for losses due to the failure of their
> container.
> 
> Indy, when you write a news item based on this happening, have it
happen to
> someone other than an AE company, please? <grin>

(dammit! 'E's onto me...)

Mk