Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!trwatf!gymble!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: What an advanced race would come far to get... Message-ID: <620@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 01:16:48 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.620 Posted: Tue Jul 2 01:16:48 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 16:23:36 EDT References: <2389@topaz.ARPA> <467@mmintl.UUCP> <1255@uwmacc.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 21 Keywords: reality > From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) > > >In article <467@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes: > > >Even more directly, water is made from hydrogen and oxygen, which are two > >of the most common elements in the universe. It takes a lot less energy > >to make water than it does to cross interstellar space. > > I'd like to see some test results to back that statement up. Well, let me put it this way: given that (from what I can tell) the aliens in ``V'' got here by ``conventional'' spaceship, it would take a lot less energy to grab water ice from anywhere else in our solar system than a deep gravity well (e.g., Earth). If you wish to propose a transportation mechanism that works better in gravity wells, fine, but V sure didn't. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland