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Some great Space info and dicussion
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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:48:05 GMT
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Both these articles are very interesting as well as informative to all the
spacers here. The first link leads to a listing and description of ALL
proper names for space vessel designations by size and duty. I thought this
was very informative.

http://members.aol.com/noctifer03/private/Abyss/Technology/Vehicles/Space/overview.html

This article is very well written and brings up a good discussion point.
Read it and see if you agree or disagree about this persons prediction of
space warfare.

http://www.geocities.com/yuenkitmun/sf-coralsea.html

out
Tony Knaak
http://www.ozbricks.com/legostuff/index/index.html
http://www.ozbricks.com/legostuff/mechastruct.html



Message has 7 Replies:
  Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
 
(...) The catagories are interesting. I'm not sure weight is the way to go since it's dependant upon the gravitational effect of the current location. If you think converting between US and metric is bad, just wait until you have to convert Mars (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
  Re: .space FAQ??
 
(...) and make a .space FAQ or something. That would be really useful to builders i think. imho -p (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
 
(...) That's a good site, but I don't like the fact that he sets definite masses for different classifications of spacecraft. We really have no idea as to how large space vehicles in real life would be. (...) in the Lego world, making carriers is (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
 
(...) arguments rely on a number of key assumptions that are not directly stated in his discussion. The key to the carrier's role in history, IMHO, has been two fold: versatility and protection. Large ships engaging eachother (Battleship vs. (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
 
Ah, some fascinating dicussion possibilities... (...) that his definitions are "proper", implying that other definitions should be ignored. I recently posted my views on this here: (URL)This article is very well written and brings up a good (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
 
(...) Tony, Regarding the first site, I urge you to be careful with extremes. There is no way that this could possibly describe ALL proper names for space vessel designations, except in Mr. Morris' own fictions. Space travel is as yet a new (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
  Hypothetical Space Warfare
 
After reading some of the really cool discussions and points of view raised in responce to this post, I have been lead to an new conclusion: Meaningful discussion about the nature of space warfare is immeadiately bound by the technology used. This (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

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