Footfall by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle):
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas


('Footfall' by Niven and Pournelle)

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Flying Crowbars - speed kills
Kinetic energy weapons deployed from space.

Michael (Orion Ship) - atomic pulse rocket
A spacecraft using nuclear bombs for propulsion.

Survival Bubble (Beach Ball) - personal rescue enclosure
Simplest possible space survival pod.

Threat Team (of sf writers)
Gathering together a group of science fiction writers to try to predict what will happen, or to understand an unknown threat.

 

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