[LMB] Wood, etc.

[PAT MATHEWS]

>From: "Martin Gill" <martinsgill at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [LMB] Wood, etc.
>Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:06:12 +0100
>
> >         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.
>
>Don't get the reference. I don't think I'd ever be the fan of a system
>like that. In effect your umbilical and life-line is constantly being
>fried by your engines. Unless you have the lines our on long arms,
>which just creates an unnecessary weak spot. I really cannot think
>what possible advantage you could gain from having the engines in
>front and blasting back at you.

Unless you had a two-nozzle engine with the hold between the nozzles. Like a 
lump of gum in a tuning fork.


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