Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site umd5.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!louie From: louie@umd5.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Discrepancies (Dune and Ringworld) Message-ID: <613@umd5.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 13:25:09 EDT Article-I.D.: umd5.613 Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:25:09 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 09:58:12 EDT References: <2039@iddic.UUCP> <1102@peora.UUCP> <2053@iddic.UUCP> Reply-To: louie@umd5.UUCP (Louis Mamakos) Distribution: na Organization: U of Md, CSC, College Park, Md Lines: 24 In article <2053@iddic.UUCP> rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates) writes: >>As I recall flycycles worked by using a replusion effect against the >>scrith, and would therefore be useless until they were very close to >>the ringworld. > >No, Nessus had no way of knowing what the characteristics of the ringworld >floor material was. I believe that specific mention was made that they used >reactionless thrusters. >The floating cities used electomagnetic repulsion and as I remember the lander >from Ringworld Engineers used this effect. > >Still looking for a reasonable explanation . . . keep those cards and >letters coming. . . > >Rick Coates > Well, actually the puppeteers *did* know quite a bit about Ringworld. They were the ones who caused the superconductor "blight" on Ringworld. Perhaps the flycycles were not used because there wasn't enough delta-V? -- Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH University of Maryland, Computer Science Center Internet: louie@umd5.arpa UUCP: {seismo!umcp-cs, ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!louie