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Re: Docking system
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Wed, 30 May 2001 07:15:41 GMT
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"Xanthra47" <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in news:GE4LLK.3nC@lugnet.com:
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> In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:
> > dstaudt@hotmail.com (Daniel Staudt) writes:
> > > bill@wards.net (William R Ward) wrote:
> > > two huge ships would never get that close together. they would use
> > > shuttles and transporters(i wish)
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> > Yes, exactly... that much mass means it would be too difficult to
> > maneuver. It's a lot easier to have a shuttle go back & forth. Plus,
> > it gives us more opportunity to play at docking & undocking, and we
> > get to design the shuttles! :-)
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> > --Bill.
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> Good point; I never thought of that. So all we are really going to be
> docking is the shuttles, *if* the ship doesn't have a hanger bay. But
> as argued before, shuttle docking rings will be small.
two words: cargo shuttles.
make them as big as you want. they're like cargo container ships
> Anyways, this way you get to design shuttles AND docking rings :)
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> ZaC
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Daniel Staudt <dstaudt@hotmail.com>
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| Bingo. Thanks, Tim : ) "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GE335K.41q@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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