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Outbound Interplanetary Traffic The rules of the spacelanes.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson) |
Atomic Torch An atomic-powered cutting and welding tool.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson) |
Geopeller An atomic powered, miniaturized means of propulsion.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson) |
Visiwave Even faster than ultrawave! a means of instantaneous communication over lightyear distances.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson) |
Aerocab (Aeroflyer) A electric flying taxi, or car.
(From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
Ground-to-Orbit Ferry A kind of space shuttle craft.
(From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) |
Submarine Tube A means of transport between Europe and North America via underwater tubes.
(From An Express of the Future [1895] by Michel Verne) |
Asteroid Prison A jail is the sole occupant of an asteroid.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson) |
Alien Self-Government Rules to assure intelligent aliens the right to govern themselves in freedom.
(From Co-Operate or Else [1942] by A.E. van Vogt) |
Auto-Clerk An automated accounting system.
(From Beyond This Horizon [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
Interstellar Laser Propulsion System A means of traveling to the stars, using a Sol-based laser system and light sail-equipped ship.
(From Rocheworld [1985] by Robert Forward) |
IntruGrab A system designed to capture intruders.
(From The Hunch [1961] by Christopher Anvil) |
Flitterboat A one-man cargo space craft.
(From A Spaceship Named McGuire [1961] by Gordon Randall Garrett) |
Astroposit Retro-style system provides a readout on your position anywhere in the galaxy.
(From The Hunch [1961] by Christopher Anvil) |
Plexiskin A means of disguise.
(From A Spaceship Named McGuire [1961] by Gordon Randall Garrett) |
Magnetic Soles Magnetized footwear for easy walking on low gravity metal surfaces.
(From A Spaceship Named McGuire [1961] by Gordon Randall Garrett) |
Bolognium Very early fictional element, courtesy of metallurgists.
(From Transactions of Amer Soc for Steel Treating [1926] by Edgar Bain) |
Clockwork Man A man from the future with an embedded mechanism to manipulate time.
(From The Clockwork Man [1923] by E.V. Odle) |
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