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| In Traveller, spaceships use a convention of how much hydrogen might (...) Whomever created "Traveller" obviously didn't think things through. Nor did (s)he know much about physics or space. Mass is a MUCH better way of comparing the sizes of space (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I would agree that it is not based on any true science. Rather, I suspect hydrogen displacement was chosen because of the potential "sounds cool factor", since it sounds like a nautical term. Some sci-fi's (not all) like to draw comparisons (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) mass= gram or kilogram. (metric weight would be newtons, for standard it is pounds- both are used when describing force.. ie. 15 pounds of pressure, 20 newtons of pressure). In my own fake scifi world, I imagined that ships would be (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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