StrandedonEarth

quack/quack, that quacks me up

10/10

You want puns? Bad puns? Baaa-aaad sheep puns? Just read "Pearls Before Swine"

Electra

So there's a fly in your soup. It's there to add protein. Waiter, there's a lumpy brown mass in my soup!

For being a spacetime moderatoddity on the range

Keremeos

Hey, nothing is perfect, but I'm sure they'd last longer than other materials. And in the context of the novel, it's a readily available somewhat 'protected' vehicle..

Hazelton

For those who can't watch the video, for one reason or another... 1. RocketMan, by Nancy Conrad and Howard Klausner 2. How Apollo Flew to the Moon, by David Woods 3. This New Ocean by Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander 4. Dyna-Soar, by Robert Godwin 5. The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut 6. Breaking the Chains of Gravity, by Amy Shira Teitel Hmm, I saw 6 go by. I haven't read any of them, I'll have to give them a go

Lasers transfer energy, heating what they are shone on. The tiles can withstand and re-radiate the heat, while insulating what lies underneath. What the tiles can't take is kinetic impacts, which a laser cannot impart.

I don't think what I have to say is much of a spoiler, but what the hey. Bear in mind that this was a novel, Another thing about Orion drives is that heavier is actually better, to absorb the shocks

I did this. Then I forgot to deploy panels on my Eve probe after it had detached from the mothership and landed. It died while transmitting science back. When I reactivated the tiny battery on the okto2 core, the 10ec got sucked out the antenna before I could deploy the solar panels. So make sure you have a decent size reserve battery.

Penticton

Hooray for holidaze!

Wabbit Season! Er wait, wrong game.... 9 (+)

5/10 Brass knuckles to a gunfight? Really?

Anyone remember "Logo"? I played with that on an Apple IIe many many winter solstices ago

Merritt

Sirius

♫It starts with one...♪ ♪One thing, I don't know why♫ ♫It doesn't even matter how hard you try♫