On 1/4/2010 10:44 AM, Anthony Jackson wrote:
Onno Meyer wrote:
I'm trying to justify the million-man transport, but only if it can be
justified without too much fiat.
In the context of Vehicles, it's not really practical, as Vehicles
doesn't do much with size scaling. If you're using realistic mass
shielding and spin gravity, the most efficient habitats (per person
carried) are very large -- probably O'Neill cylinders or the equivalent
-- and hold an enormous number of people, but that tends to only make
sense if flight time is substantial.
Out of curiosity, and because some science fiction includes the idea,
what is Vehicles take on converting a planet into a spaceship?
I believe Niven has the Puppeteers do this, to get away from the coming
destruction of the Galactic Core.
It also happens in one of Alan Dean Foster's short stories where the
aliens come to Earth looking for help, and instead of sending a fleet,
Earth comes itself. With the Moon, because humans have got used to
having it.
David Weber has Dahak which is not a planet, but the Moon as a ship.
I just recently read Sorceress of Karres which is the third book
following Witches of Karres and Wizard of Karres. In those books, Karres
(the planet) moves around the galaxy by "magic."
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