Beta and Higher Notice for 06/21/2019
Added 2019-06-21 23:51:02 +0000 UTCSTL STARSHIPS
added a new section about PROJECT DAEDALUS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/slowerlight.php#daedalus
LIFE SUPPORT
added a new section WATER WALL
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/lifesupport.php#waterwall
RADIATION
added to Electronics five quotes about RADIATION-HARDEND VACUUM TUBES
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/radiation.php#empelec
COLONIZATION
added new section EXTREMIST SETTLEMENT
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarcolony.php#extremist
WEIRD ASTRONOMY
added new section FERMI BUBBLES
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/weirdastronomy.php#fermi
APOCALYPSE
added a new section CRASHING SUNS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/apocalypse.php#crashsun
FUTURE HISTORY
added to Decline and Fall a quote from PLANET OF THE DAMNED
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/futurehistory.php#damned
INTERSTELLAR EMPIRE
added to Culture Axis Charts quotes about TILTED AXIS CHARTS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarempire.php#tilt1
INTERSTELLAR TRADE
added to Establishing Colony Trading a quote from VOODOO PLANET
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#voodoo
Comments
Daedalus... I grew up reading The Starflight Handbook (with frequent mentions of Daedalus) and National Geographic's Our Universe which had the stunning picture of Daedalus and Enzmann with tenders nearby.
R. Allen Murphey
2019-07-01 13:57:56 +0000 UTCI'll have to check that one out. I had not seen it because of the very reasons you cited ;)
Nyrath
2019-06-25 00:10:19 +0000 UTCA more recent entry to the colliding planets meme: the movie Melancholia (2011)- although it's almost more of a character study with the end of the world as a backdrop.
Michael Hutson
2019-06-24 22:15:31 +0000 UTCArgh! I must be going senile. When Worlds Collide is an obvious match.
Nyrath
2019-06-22 01:28:59 +0000 UTCMy favorite pair of rogue worlds are Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, from _When Worlds Collide_ which fits this trope perfectly. Sadly, the "science" in them is badly dated and so are the cultural norms. The second book, _After Worlds Collide_ is very much "yellow peril" and "marxist" fear mongering. It's politics have not aged well. But, an updated version could be made, but I'd do away with the racism and just use good old politics to cause problems between the survivors.
John
2019-06-22 01:10:24 +0000 UTC
