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Old 08-05-2010, 12:04 PM   #123
Amber Lamps
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I agree that the likelyhood of a long lasting spacefaring culture being limited to reaction thrusters being low. Something you've missed is they would almost certaintly have had to develop some sort of inertial compensator. Nobody likes going splat when the engines come on
Yea but alien is alien, suppose they live 1,000 years or are immortal? Maybe they are super tough and can handle any amount of g force thrown at them...
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