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Science Fiction Question
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature Asked by: halejrb-ga List Price: $4.00 |
Posted:
06 Oct 2002 13:32 PDT
Expires: 05 Nov 2002 12:32 PST Question ID: 73317 |
In Larry Niven's Known Space Universe, which is the stronger material: Scrith or a General Products hull? Please explain your answer. |
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Re: Science Fiction Question
From: pinkfreud-ga on 06 Oct 2002 14:52 PDT |
I would love to answer this, but unfortunately all my source materials are locked in a Slaver Stasis Box. ;-) Great question. |
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Re: Science Fiction Question
From: halejrb-ga on 06 Oct 2002 16:45 PDT |
Well, I've been thinking about the question since I asked it. I know that scientists who read Niven's work have said that scrith must have the tensile strength of the strong nuclear force. This is based on the size and angular velocity of Ringworld. However we also know from Niven's books that a meteorite can punch a hole in scrith. A GP Hull, on the other hand, is described as impenetrable (except by gravity). If you take this description literally, then a GP Hull is stronger. |
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Re: Science Fiction Question
From: pinkfreud-ga on 06 Oct 2002 17:04 PDT |
Scrith is said to block the passage of neutrinos (40% of them, anyway.) I may be wrong, but I don't think a General Products hull has this property. I have not read much Niven in recent years, so I am a bit vague on this. Have you considered posting your question on the alt.books.larry-niven newsgroup? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&group=alt.books.larry-niven If you haven't already visited this site, you may want to check it out for a wealth of Known Space info: http://www.oinc.net/knownspace/enc/ |
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