From: Jonathan Reeves (JonathanR@mail.iclshelpdesks.com)
Date: Fri Feb 12 1999 - 02:13:22 MST
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
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