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Re: Alien and gravity
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:48:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> I just saw Aliens again this weekend, and I have another question. Why
> does a ship the size of New Jersey (or whatever its size--it's really big,
> though) only hold a staff of a dozen marines?
That's down sizing for you.
> Much of the motivation for
> putting people in hypersleep is to save life support (and boredom, of
> course), so what's the rest of the ship for?
Perhaps gravity genarators are very large pieces of equipment?
> It's a battleship, I imagine,
> so it could house massive weapons and propulsion systems, but these weren't
> needed
I'd say the propulsion systems WE'RE needed.
> (and, I would suggest, there was no clear reason to think they
> *might* have been needed, since there was no indication of an invading,
> largescale alien force, or they would have sent more than a dozen grunts!)
Perhaps the ship is multipurpose and designed to fight it's way into a
heavily defended area in order to drop in a small group of commadoes.
I've often thougt of building either the apc or drop ship.
Steve
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| (...) "We're looking for a few good men and women, and we *do* mean a few." (...) Not bad, and not inconsistent with most of what we see. Would there have been sufficient gravity, then, for the alien and Ripley to fall into the airlock? That would (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) The ship and crew are full of gravity throughout the movie; it's a grave situation. (I apologize.) (...) I just saw Aliens again this weekend, and I have another question. Why does a ship the size of New Jersey (or whatever its size--it's (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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