Sujet : Re: Looking for stories....
De : (at) *nospam* ednolan (ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 07. Jul 2025, 15:15:40
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In article <
104gjc9$gmu$2@reader1.panix.com>,
danny burstein <
dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
In <md20hbFmrmjU1@mid.individual.net> ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) writes:
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In article <booths-20250707135221@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>,
Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Lee Gleason <lee.gleason@comcast.net> wrote or quoted:
That have teleportation across stellar distances, but only to
teleportation booths that have been first been transported to their
destinations by conventional space travel on ships.
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Transfer booths only working between fixed locations equipped with
booths exist in Larry Niven's Ringworld.
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I was thinking about that. Was there a reason given why they aren't
used off-planet? Maybe they are SPEOL only?
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Also... they had to compensate for the differing potential
energies between receiving and transmission sites, as one
could be "traveling" (term used a bit loosely) a lot faster
and in a different direction, and altitude, etc., than
the other.
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This would otherwise lead to potentially a hefty chunk of
heat being released at the receiving site.
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(This was, iirc, a plot device in one of his stories).
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It's bad enough when talking about locations on the
same planet, but if you're looking at space velocities
and energy wells, etc., it's mind boggling...
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I think it's probably a handwave that it works on the planet then, as
the Earth is revolving, progressing on its orbit & drifting through
space with the spiral arm and whatnot...
-- columbiaclosings.comWhat's not in Columbia anymore..