Beta and Higher Patron Notice for 03/13/2020
Added 2020-03-14 01:08:29 +0000 UTCENGINE LIST 3
added to Direct Fusion Drive a quote ACHIEVING MOBILITY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM THROUGH DIRECT FUSION DRIVE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist3.php#dfdrocket
ALIENS
added to Alien Intelligence a quote SPECIFICATIONS OF ALIEN INTELLIGENCE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/aliens.php#alienintel2
FASTER THAN LIGHT 2
added to Scientific Drives quotes "OUTLAWING" WORMHOLES AND WARP DRIVES and SHOOTING WORMHOLES TO THE STARS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight2.php#outlawhole
RADIATION
added to Medication a quote ARE HUMANS TOO FRAGILE FOR LIFE IN SPACE?
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/radiation.php#toofragile
TELECOMMUNICATION
added to Time Capsule a quote TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE APOCALYPSE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/telecommunication.php#capsule3
ADVANCED DESIGN
added to Non-scientific Media SciFi Ships a quote MOVIE PLOT BY SHIP APPEARANCE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/advdesign.php#shipstyleplot
CONTROL DECK
added to Displays a quote TUNNEL-IN-THE-SKY DISPLAYS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php#predictor2
PSIONICS
added new section ASTRAL PROJECTION
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/psionics.php#astraltravel
added to Psionic Master Race quotes from THE ALTAR ON ASCONEL and BIRTHRIGHT: THE BOOK OF MAN
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/psionics.php#asconel
DETECTION
added to Detection Range quote from TV TROPES: ENEMY-DETECTING RADAR and BATTLESTAR WIKI ENTRY WARBOOK
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewardetect.php#enemyrad
SPACEWAR TACTICS
added to Tactical Display a quote THE BIG BOARD
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewartactic.php#bigboard
SPACE SUITS
added to Helmets a quote about SPACE FOOD STICKS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacesuits.php#foodstick
APOCALYPSE
added a quote SPREADING DISASTER MAP GRAPHIC
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/apocalypse.php#dismap
TECH AND SOCIETY 2
added to Mutants a GALLERY OF BRAIN MUTANTS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/scisociety2.php#evolvabrain
Comments
Agreed. IIRC the big brain mutations were popular in 1930 scifi, but was mostly passe by the 1960s.
Nyrath
2020-03-14 23:00:52 +0000 UTCOh, yes, I demanded these when I was a teen. Because space. Even though they tasted like tootsie rolls with a chalk aftertaste.
Nyrath
2020-03-14 22:59:17 +0000 UTCOne of the things that most SF writers tend to forget is that there needs to be a reason that a random mutation "takes". Bigger brains is one that probably won't happen. We stopped needing bigger brains when we developed "external memory" in the form of art works, music, and writing. If anything, computers have expanded our external memory even more, such that if you're one to propose "If this goes on" type scenarios, our descendants will have very small brains hooked up to massive computers!
John
2020-03-14 02:30:44 +0000 UTCI remember Space Food Sticks! They were very chewy, almost doughy in consistency and not very appealing either in appearance or flavor. Still, I remember chowing down on some as a kid.
John
2020-03-14 02:27:12 +0000 UTC
