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starship-design: books and stuff



Curtis Manges wrote:

> Read "Mining the Sky" by John S. Lewis
> Read "Logic of Empire" by Robert A. Heinlein

I will have to pass on the books since I doubt if I
can get them from the local tiny library.

On the topic of redundant systems, you still have to
watch for cascading problems with a non-diverse systems.
The major system is the electrical system - with out
power you are left in the dark. I like the idea of
beamed power for space craft (solar energy?) thus a failure
of generator can be replaced with a spare floating around in
space.  

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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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