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Space-Dory
A small spacecraft sometimes used as a life boat.
(From Asteroid Justice [1947] by V.E. Thiessen)
Sensory-Syrynx
A complex musical instrument.
(From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany)
Illyrion
Super-heavy and super-stable elements with atomic numbers greater than 296.
(From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany)
Seven Vane Starship
A faster-than-light ship with seven vanes of energy controlled by human nervous systems.
(From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany)
Regeneration Tank
A nutrient bath large enough to enclose a person that preserved life and treated disease.
(From Contagion [1950] by Katherine MacLean)
Emergency Shelter
A small cubicle that provides a last refuge in case the spacecraft's atmosphere is lost.
(From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Fluor Strips
Lighting long narrow devices.
(From Sacred Martian Pig (Idris' Pig) [1949] by Margaret St. Clair)
Nucleocat Cureall
Only human cells can survive contact.
(From Contagion [1950] by Katherine MacLean)
Space Scurvy (Kenoalgia)
A wasting disease of space travel.
(From Sacred Martian Pig (Idris' Pig) [1949] by Margaret St. Clair)
Bolt Anti-Grav
This device produces a torus-shaped discharge that causes weightlessness.
(From Sacred Martian Pig (Idris' Pig) [1949] by Margaret St. Clair)
Shari
A multipurpose net worn as clothing.
(From Sacred Martian Pig (Idris' Pig) [1949] by Margaret St. Clair)
Asteroid Nets
Capturing small asteroids or fragments using rocket nets.
(From Asteroid Justice [1947] by V.E. Thiessen)
Space-Court
The place of judgement for crimes committed in interstellar space.
(From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Mnemonic Flutter System (Pulse-Sychronizer)
A device to imprint particular facts from a book upon the brain of the reader.
(From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert)
Single Sheet Molecule
A counterfeit-proof way to output unique documents.
(From Dorsai! [1960] by Gordon R. Dickson)
Self-Propelled Space Suit
A vacuum suit with a means of propelling itself built in.
(From The Cavern of the Shining Pool [1937] by Leo Zagat)
Nose-Tubes
Rocket blasts from the front of a ship, to brake it.
(From Evans of the Earth-Guard [1930] by Edmond Hamilton)
Stratocar
A vehicle intended for use in traveling through the upper atmosphere.
(From The Cavern of the Shining Pool [1937] by Leo Zagat)
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