Forbidden the Stars by Valmore Daniels is a large tofu-flavored lump
of Space
Does Not Work That Way. I think there's a plot there and some characters
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It sounds as though the writer has a thesaurus and no dictionary, or something. If "advancement" can be used as a synonym for "advance" (which I find very annoying but have mostly given up on), why not "casement" for "case"? Add a vague feeling that "bytes" are larger than "bits," and no understanding that "bit" is a much more flexible term in English.
Momentum (and velocity) is not actually a thing in its own right. In the ship's frame of reference (assuming the engines were off) it would have zero momentum and velocity; in the Earth's, it would have very high momentum and velocity.
Anyhow, the Hubble isn't made to be accelerated or turned much. A spaceship is made to be accelerated.
Turning the engines 10% down, say, would alter the trajectory considerably over the period of hours that the event took. If the ship can handle 100% of its normal acceleration, it can surely handle 90%.
Oh my goodness. Just two of these could have resulted in me flinging the book across the room, with unfortunate consequences if I was reading it as an ebook. x_x
I salute your fortitude in getting through that book!
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I like your topic sentence for this one.
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Maybe the 'important byte of information' was a pun?
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Anyhow, the Hubble isn't made to be accelerated or turned much. A spaceship is made to be accelerated.
Turning the engines 10% down, say, would alter the trajectory considerably over the period of hours that the event took. If the ship can handle 100% of its normal acceleration, it can surely handle 90%.
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I salute your fortitude in getting through that book!
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