Re: (TFT) Space travel

[Denis DesHarnais <denisdesharnais@gmail.com>]

Okay, that just sent me on a massive Wiki-quest for Dyson spheres that
ended at the movie Labyrinth, via Jennifer Connely, via The Day the Earth
Stood Still.  Fortunately, I was interrupted before I reached either Miss
Piggie or Bowie's collaboration with Robert Fripp.

On a side note, I have noticed that one can get from virtually any
Wikipedia page to Tyranosaurus Rex within six clicks - sort of a Kevin
Bacon variant.  My favorite is the four-click method from Sarah Palin's
page utilizing the "Caribou/Mammalia/K-T event/T-Rex path, thereby
eschewing the "State Geography" gambit, which some feel is too easy.  By
this route, Sarah Palin has a T.Rex facor of 4.

I am totally feeling the swan-drawn chariot to the moon.

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> wrote:

> Hi Denis, everyone.
> I read about an idea for a Dyson sphere around
> a whole galaxy.  The gravity gradient was so
> low that you actually could ride a chariot
> pulled by swans to the moon...
>
> Yes, there have been a lot of lost probes to
> Mars.  However, the USA & JPL's rate of
> success is actually pretty good compared to
> the rest of the world.
>
> Rick
>
> On Wed, 2011-30-11 at 13:01 -0500, Denis DesHarnais wrote:
> > Also, since this is a fantasy game, there's no particular reason things
> > have to be so far from each other, or that outer space be airless.  As a
> > matter of fact, space travel might just involve riding a balloon up to
> the
> > giant, curved ceiling with all the little candles on it and talking to
> the
> > dude who lights them every night.  In these cases, space combat could
> still
> > be conducted with bows and arrows.
> >
> > Probably missing the point, by those are my thoughts....
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