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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Kalbfus" data-source="post: 7514892" data-attributes="member: 6972267"><p>So I guess you an on/off person.</p><p>Space radiation is a solvable problem! It is not conceivable that they would send people without solving that problem. You can add shielding to the ship's hull. If the bff can be reused to get fuel, it can also get shielding, it might also make sense to send a cargo ship along with one to carry passengers, and use the cargo ship as a counterbalance to the passenger SHIP by tethering them together and spinning them for gravity. If you have 2 miles of tether and spin both once a minute, you simulate 1g.</p><p>There are ways to solve these problems. So basically this is an intersection between science and fantasy. Some people can't conceive of science fantasy without dumbing down the science, hello Starfinder, hello Star Wars!</p><p>Actually fantasy fits in nicely with hard science fiction, if you assume both are simulated on a computer. The Earth we're talking about here, isn't real Earth, but a simulated facsimile thereof, the people living in the simulation don't realize that however. Toril was never real, although it's inhabitants believe themselves to be. A software glitch could merge these two simulations together, the part outside the 800,000 mile limit continues to faithfully simulate real world physics, so that physics must be dealt with in order to make the trip. Elminster on the other hand can simply hack into the software and teleport himself to Earth with a spell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Kalbfus, post: 7514892, member: 6972267"] So I guess you an on/off person. Space radiation is a solvable problem! It is not conceivable that they would send people without solving that problem. You can add shielding to the ship's hull. If the bff can be reused to get fuel, it can also get shielding, it might also make sense to send a cargo ship along with one to carry passengers, and use the cargo ship as a counterbalance to the passenger SHIP by tethering them together and spinning them for gravity. If you have 2 miles of tether and spin both once a minute, you simulate 1g. There are ways to solve these problems. So basically this is an intersection between science and fantasy. Some people can't conceive of science fantasy without dumbing down the science, hello Starfinder, hello Star Wars! Actually fantasy fits in nicely with hard science fiction, if you assume both are simulated on a computer. The Earth we're talking about here, isn't real Earth, but a simulated facsimile thereof, the people living in the simulation don't realize that however. Toril was never real, although it's inhabitants believe themselves to be. A software glitch could merge these two simulations together, the part outside the 800,000 mile limit continues to faithfully simulate real world physics, so that physics must be dealt with in order to make the trip. Elminster on the other hand can simply hack into the software and teleport himself to Earth with a spell. [/QUOTE]
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