Comments on: Deceleration Phase http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/ An Orions' Arm E-zine Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:12:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kardashev Classes of Civilizations - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/comment-page-1/#comment-32880 Kardashev Classes of Civilizations - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:35:07 +0000 http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/#comment-32880 [...] a journey of thousands of years, some generation ships might decide not to slow down... (here's a story I've written about this theme) __________________ Orion's Arm . The Starlark . Voices: Future [...] [...] a journey of thousands of years, some generation ships might decide not to slow down… (here’s a story I’ve written about this theme) __________________ Orion’s Arm . The Starlark . Voices: Future [...]

]]> By: Snigglefritz http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Snigglefritz Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:15:03 +0000 http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/#comment-1013 A very nice story, well written and tightly woven. I would happily read more of your work! A very nice story, well written and tightly woven. I would happily read more of your work!

]]> By: steve b http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/comment-page-1/#comment-582 steve b Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:49:20 +0000 http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/#comment-582 You are right; orders of magnitude would be more correct. I see the generation arks as being constructed fromm small asteroids, very much altered inside and out until they are rotating rocky cylinders; but to accelerate and decelerate such a massive ship using 26th century technolgy would be difficult. The best technique would probably be some sort of Daedalus drive, fusion bombs pushing against a shock-absorbing plate. The Express Delivery would have a drive two thousand years in advance of the Endurance; some sort of monopole-catalysed conversion drive, no doubt. So it would be smaller, faster, and brighter; but the luminosity of the drive would not be a good measure of its efficiency. You are right; orders of magnitude would be more correct. I see the generation arks as being constructed fromm small asteroids, very much altered inside and out until they are rotating rocky cylinders; but to accelerate and decelerate such a massive ship using 26th century technolgy would be difficult. The best technique would probably be some sort of Daedalus drive, fusion bombs pushing against a shock-absorbing plate.

The Express Delivery would have a drive two thousand years in advance of the Endurance; some sort of monopole-catalysed conversion drive, no doubt. So it would be smaller, faster, and brighter; but the luminosity of the drive would not be a good measure of its efficiency.

]]> By: Nix http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Nix Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:31:23 +0000 http://www.voicesoa.net/deceleration-phase/#comment-526 `A couple of magnitudes' should probably be `a couple of orders of magnitude' or simply `many times', unless they've started measuring velocity using a measure of brightness (the absolute magnitude of a perfectly efficient photon drive with the given acceleration? Possible but... odd.) `A couple of magnitudes’ should probably be `a couple of orders of magnitude’ or simply `many times’, unless they’ve started measuring velocity using a measure of brightness (the absolute magnitude of a perfectly efficient photon drive with the given acceleration? Possible but… odd.)

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