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Old 04-March-2007, 12:49 PM
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Default Re: Diskship

How about an interstellar Frisbee?

After all such forms have been proved to work on Earth.

Now, all that is needed is the initial spin vector and we're on our way!

The spin could be obtained by a slight deflection of the initial thrust.

The forward component would be achieved by thrusters or perhaps extraneous impellers.

The effect on the occupants would be multiple Gs, but if they were in a cryogenic state, it wouldn't be felt.

If the onboard electronics were smart enough, the spin rate could be decreased just before the release of the occupants from their cryogenic states.

With the possibility of the craft landing on an alien beach, well, that would be quite appropriate.
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