Sujet : Re: The Warm Equations
De : dtravel (at) *nospam* sonic.net (Dimensional Traveler)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 30. Jun 2024, 18:02:55
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On 6/30/2024 9:25 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
On 26/06/2024 14.42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 6/24/2024 12:01 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
In article <v5c7ij$113u3$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/23/2024 11:37 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Interesting to note the way margins of a real-life space venture are run:
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Two astronauts have been stuck at the ISS for an extra two weeks,
so far, because their ride has flat tires, and it's not a crisis,
and nobody has had to volunteer to step out the airlock.
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For those who do not know, this is a play on "The Cold Equations"
awesome incredibly sad short story:
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cold-equations/
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Alternatively, it's a terrible story about people with extremely
shitty pre-flight safety procedures.
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https://reactormag.com/on-needless-cruelty-in-sf-tom-godwins-the-cold-equations/
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There are so many stories about people sneaking on a ship that we have created a word in the English language for them: Stowaways.
Did that term arise from *stories* about the concept? I was under the impression that
it came from real, physical people sneaking on board real, physical ships.
I sense a *whoosh*....
-- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.
The Warm Equations
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