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| Space Shuttle A space-going vessel for trips from the surface of a planet to a ship in orbit, and back. (From Hell Ship of Space [1940] by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| Solid Power A concentrated form of easily accessed energy to supply any need. (From Revolt on the Tenth World [1940] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Atom-Gun A handheld device that sprays atomic fire. (From Revolt on the Tenth World [1940] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Pencil Beam A thin tube-like laser beam weapon. (From Vulcan's Hammer [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Cutoff Switch A means of instantaneously switching off an artificial intelligence. (From 2010: Odyssey Two [1982] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Sliver Gun A firearm that shoots fine darts. (From The Unreliable Perfumist [1953] by Margaret St. Clair) |
| Electromagnetic Shotgun A device to shut down an artificial intelligence if it becomes dangerous. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Vistascreen Large screen entertainment. (From Assignment to Aldebaran [1953] by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| Planet Buster A bomb so powerful it could destroy a planet. (From Assignment to Aldebaran [1953] by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| Generation Ship A spacecraft that carries a complete social group over many years. (From Star Ship [1955] by E.C. Tubb) |
| City Ship A generation ship, a spacecraft that carries a people to another star. (From Star of Wonder [1953] by Julian May) |
| Planetary Globe A craftsman's model of a planet. (From Star of Wonder [1953] by Julian May) |
| Morality Rating-Computer A computer system able to determine moral deviancy. (From Assignment to Aldebaran [1953] by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| Webcast A broadcast accomplished over a data network. (From Armageddon Blues [1987] by D.K. Moran) |
| Rotated Solid Space Habitat A solid version of a artifact rotated to achieve artificial gravity. (From Iron [1989] by Poul Anderson) |
| Repair Drone Autonomous robots repair damage or sabotage. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Gravity Well If you visualize spacetime as a flat, elastic plane, a planet will deform it, and it sits at the bottom of its own hole. (From Life Cycle [1957] by Poul Anderson) |
| Fusion Sunlight Tube Central light source for a spun cylinder space station. (From At the Bottom of a Hole [1966] by Larry Niven) |
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