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Beta and Higher Patron Notice for 10/04/2019

SURFACE TO ORBIT

added new section LASER PROPULSION

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/surfaceorbit.php#laserpro 


MACGUFFINITE

added to MacGuffinite a quote NO KNOWN COMMODITY IN SPACE THAT COULD BE SOLD ON EARTH

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/macguffinite.php#nocommodity 


TECH LEVEL

added new section OBSOLETE TECH STILL WORKS

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/techlevel.php#obsotech 


INFRASTRUCTURE

added to Orbital Propellant Depot a quote THERE ARE NO GAS STATIONS IN SPACE

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/infrastructure.php#nogas 


TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 1

added to They Are Not Ready a quote from THE ART OF SCIENCE FICTION, A LIFE FOR THE STARS, and PLANETARY AGENT X

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/scisociety.php#artsf1 


SETTLEMENT

added to Infrastructure a quote from PLANETARY AGENT X

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarcolony.php#plagent 


INTERSTELLAR TRADE

added to Trade and Planetary Economy a quote from PLANETARY AGENT X

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#plagent 


SYMBOLS

added to Secret Badges a quote from PLANETARY AGENT X

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/symbols.php#gbadge 


COMM DECK

added to Morse Code a quote EVERYBODY KNOWS MORSE

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/commdeck.php#knowmorse 

added to Morse Code a quote BLINKING MORSE CODE 2

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/commdeck.php#blinkmorse2 


SLOWER THAN LIGHT STARSHIPS

added to Valkyrie Antimatter Starship IMAGES BY ASTERONX

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/slowerlight.php#valgal 


MAN AMPLIFIERS

added to Usuform Robots images from MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/manamplifier.php#disguise 


Beta and Higher Patron Notice for 10/04/2019

Comments

That excerpt about how there's a lack of infrastructure is what some space enthusiasts tend to forget. You got that colony on planet Y because you had the entirety of Earth's infrastructure behind you. So, until you can replicate that infrastructure at some level, you'll be dependent on Earth for just about everything.

John

Of course, one solution to using hydrogen in a laser launch system is to tune the lasers to either 656 nm or 486 nm. Now, how transparent the atmosphere is to those frequencies, I don't know. But it's a possibility. Also, in the very next section, you talk about Lightships, which use the Earth's atmosphere as reaction mass. Once you get above a certain altitude, you'll either have to switch to hydrogen or add hydrogen and seed particles to keep your thrust going. But a lot less mass to reaction mass. Though one wonders if you could simply turn the light cone into an aerospike...

John


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