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Ever read the To the Stars trilogy by Harry Harrison? The rebel fleet in that just steams towards it's enemy, disperses a huge cloud of shrapnel and applies the retros.
Goodbye evil space armada.
-----Original Message-----
From: Spike Jones [mailto:spike66@ibm.net]
Sent: 12 February 1999 07:05
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Real life space war weaponry
Darin Sunley wrote:
> We've all seen the ludriciously slow moving "glowing tracer" > turbolaser shots of Star Wars, and the only slightly better > "phasers" and "photon torpedos" of Star Trek.
ya, the poetic license used in star trek and star wars kinda ruins it for the rest of us (by which i mean those who realize a "photon torpedo" would not rock the ship and cause the lights to flicker.) {8-[
> What do you think would be "realistic" space-based weaponry, i.e.
weaponry that obeys the laws of physics that might reasonably be
deployed from an interplanetary
> spacecraft with the goal of disabling/destroying another
interplanetary spacecraft?
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Ever read the To the Stars trilogy by Harry =
Harrison?
The rebel fleet in that just steams towards it's =
enemy, disperses a huge cloud of shrapnel and applies the =
retros.
Goodbye evil space armada.
-----Original Message-----
From: Spike Jones [mailto:spike66@ibm.net]
Sent: 12 February 1999 07:05
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Real life space war weaponry
Darin Sunley wrote:
> We've all seen the ludriciously slow moving =
"glowing tracer"
> turbolaser shots of Star Wars, and the only =
slightly better
> "phasers" and "photon =
torpedos" of Star Trek.
ya, the poetic license used in star trek and star =
wars kinda
ruins it for the rest of us (by which i mean those =
who realize
a "photon torpedo" would not rock the ship =
and cause the
lights to flicker.) {8-[
> What do you think would be =
"realistic" space-based weaponry, i.e. weaponry that obeys =
the laws of physics that might reasonably be deployed from an =
interplanetary
> spacecraft with the goal of disabling/destroying =
another interplanetary spacecraft?
darin, i hope the right answer is =
"none". space travel is hard enough
without having to lug weapons and shields =
along. if it should become necessary,
i dont see why the good old laser wouldnt =
suffice. spike