Re: RE: RE: starship-design: Suspended Animation

[Kelly St <KellySt@aol.com>]

In a message dated 5/8/98 7:13:32 AM, lparker@cacaphony.net wrote:

>Antonio,
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>If our exploration vessel requires as much maintenance as even one aircraft
>carrier it won't make it there. Drawing analogies from other Earth (or
>water) bound vessels is always tricky. In some ways it would be better to
>use a nuclear submarine for comparison purposes.
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>Lee

Subs don't carry fleets of support vehicals.  So a carrier might be a closer
analogy.

Kelly



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>> To maintain a craft the size of a fleet of aircraft carriers?
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>> Kelly
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