Beta and Higher Patron Notice
Added 2016-01-22 21:59:34 +0000 UTCADVANCED DESIGN
added more diagrams of various spaceships in scale to each other
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/advdesign.php#nusize
INTERSTELLAR TRADE
added new section Debased Currency
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#id--Finance--Debased_Currency
added new section Illegal Cash
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#id--Finance--Illegal_Cash
EMBARKING
added new section Water Embarking
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/embarking.php#id--Water_Embarking
CREW
added a new section Crew Candidates
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/crew.php#id--Crew_Candidates
FUTURE HISTORY
added a new section Steam Engine Time
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/futurehistory.php#id--Technological_Progress--Steam_Engine_Time
INTERSTELLAR EMPIRE
added quote Ungovernable Galaxy
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarempire.php#ungovernablegalaxy2
added quote Globular Clusters as Cradles of Life and Advanced Civilizations
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarempire.php#globularcluster
ALIENS
added a quote from Isaac Asimov "Not As We Know It"
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/aliens.php#notasweknowit2
ASTROMILITARY
added a quote about Boarding Tactics
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astromilitary.php#boardingtactics0
COMM DECK
added quote Old Friends
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/commdeck.php#oldfriends
CONTROL DECK
added to Physical Interface a quote from Glass Cockpit, a quote from Tobias Klausmann, and some images of glass cockpits
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php#id--User_Interface--Physical_Interface
LANDING
added to Technobabble Landing Legs a quote Rick Sternach Responds
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/landing.php#id--Technobabble_Landing_Legs
SPACE SUITS
added new section Non-Radio
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacesuits.php#id--Equipment--Radio--Non-Radio
Comments
I like the part on water landings. But you could also note the fact that if the ship has any sort of radioactive drive which would otherwise be a hazard to ground crew, a tail-sitting water landing would keep it safely underwater. I'm kind of curious though, is it possible to land a rocket tail down on water? Wouldn't the exhaust plume vaporize the water under the ship and thus make landing unstable? Wouldn't you have to freefall the last few meters or use some sort of soft landing jets mounted higher up on the body?
Psi Operator
2016-01-25 17:21:31 +0000 UTCI like the part on water landings. But you could also note the fact that if the ship has any sort of radioactive drive which would otherwise be a hazard to ground crew, a tail-sitting water landing would keep it safely underwater.
Psi Operator
2016-01-25 17:21:30 +0000 UTCInspiring new SF work is the entire point of the Atomic Rocket website, so you prove it is functioning as designed!
Nyrath
2016-01-24 14:31:28 +0000 UTC...also got me thinking about boarding actions in my 'verse, hence today's post.
Alistair Young
2016-01-24 07:36:38 +0000 UTCYeah, gold is an annoying brain-bug that just won't die - although, I suppose, at 2 gAu per night to stay in the Ceres motel, the gold price does seem to have fallen at least a little in the Escape-verse, albeit much less than it probably should have... On the other hand, though, I do have to credit them with also showing gAg, water credits, mutual certificates based on mining claims, and if I remember right, Coca-Cola-backed scrip as alternate acceptable currencies, which is a lot more detail than most bother to go to.
Alistair Young
2016-01-23 20:32:45 +0000 UTCI like the fact that the payload module on the Eagle Transporter looks like it fits perfectly into the Space Shuttle's cargo bay, they really put some thought into those vehicles.
Phil Shanton
2016-01-23 03:33:13 +0000 UTCA great collection again of updates! I'd remind you that the Bebop from Cowboy Bebop was a water landing spaceship. I think it was also an air breather when needed. The article about Debased Currency made me think about the Libertarian webcomic "Escape from Terra", and the _asteroid_ miners used gold dust for currency measured out in grams and milligrams. All well in good. But what happens when they harvest your average asteroid and end up with the world's output in gold as a waste product? Someone just didn't think it through.
John
2016-01-22 23:50:27 +0000 UTC
