[LMB] Wood, etc.

[James Nicoll]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Martin Gill wrote:

> On 01/06/07, Dorian E. Gray <israfel at eircom.net> wrote:
>> This is probably another reason why wood is such a luxury item in places
>> like Beta Colony - not only has it to be imported, but it's probably very
>> expensive to import because it's heavy and bulky.
>
> Not to mention a fire risk. I can't see any sensible starship captain
> wanting a hold full of something that's just waiting to catch fire.

   You oculd fill the holds wiht pure N2, which is relatively inert.

> Wonder what effect storing wood in a vacuum would have. You could drag 
> it along behind you, not really taking up any space.
>>
> Of course if the Vorkosiverse ships have reaction engines that's a bad
> idea... all you'd arrive with is charcoal.
>
 	I thought they had some kind of space-grippy drive?

 	Even with rockets, some designs place the cargo/crew section 
behind the rocket on a very long cable. MEDUSA (a more advanced version of 
ORION) is like that.