Beta and Higher Patron Notice
Added 2016-06-03 19:19:59 +0000 UTCTECH LEVEL
added a new page Technology Level
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/techlevel.php
INFRASTRUCTURE
added new section Orbital Depot Into Story Plot
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/infrastructure.php#storyplot
FUTURE HISTORY
added a new section Eugenics
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/futurehistory.php#eugenics
INTERSTELLAR TRADE
added new section about Interstellar Trade and Planetary Economies
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#tradeeconomy
SPACE SUITS
expanded the section on space suit non-radio communication
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacesuits.php#nonradio
SICK BAY
added a photo album of a U.S. Army combat medical bag
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/sickbay.php#armymedicbag
PRELIMINARY NOTES
expanded the section on Technobabble
ADVANCED DESIGN
added a quick note about re-entry capsule survival kits
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/advdesign.php#survivalkit
BASIC DESIGN
added a quote from The Starwolves about modular design and bureaucracy
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/basicdesign.php#serialnumber
ENGINE LIST
added a quote from Rip Foster about NTR and carbon build-up
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist.php#carbonbuildup
LIFE SUPPORT
added a quote from The Martian Way about space madness
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/lifesupport.php#marspsych
PIRATES
added a section about the Jolly Roger flag
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/pirate.php#jollyroger
Comments
Re. Eugenics: As practiced in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, eugenics was the proposition that _social_ problems- crime, poverty and alcoholism- could be solved by preventing the breeding of "degenerates" and "the feeble-minded". Thus was born Social Darwinism a pseudo-scientific rationale for blaming the underclasses for their circumstances. Margaret Sanger, considered a feminist pioneer for her advocacy of making birth control available, advocated birth control because she believed that poverty could be ended by getting people too poor to support large families to stop breeding. Ironically, we are all probably descended from those who were determined to breed and raise children despite all obstacles- people who gave up breeding when times got tough didn't propagate though tough times.
Michael Hutson
2016-06-06 19:25:47 +0000 UTC
