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| Human Habit Pattern Machines Imposing human habits onto machines. (From The Tunnel Under The World [1955] by Frederik Pohl) |
| Alien Life Form Living organisms of non-Earth origin. (From The Hothouse Planet [1937] by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| Life-Ship An emergency escape or survival craft. (From The Invisible World [1940] by Ed Earl Repp) |
| Space Tramp An old, slow spacecraft. (From The Invisible World [1940] by Ed Earl Repp) |
| Vehicle Seeds A matrix of materials and instructions that allow vehicles to grow themselves when placed in an environment of plentiful materials. (From Killing Titan [2015] by Greg Bear) |
| Asteroid Mining (Blasting) Setting charges on an asteroid. (From Asteroid of Gold [1932] by Clifford Simak) |
| Ship's Magnetic Plates (Magnetic Mooring) Keeps a mining ship attached to the surface of an asteroid. (From Asteroid of Gold [1932] by Clifford Simak) |
| Gravitational Disks Maintain your footing on those low-gravity celestial bodies. (From Revolt on Io [1940] by Jack West) |
| Atomic Automatic Fires a special, rocket-like bullet. (From Revolt on Io [1940] by Jack West) |
| Merry-Go-Round Life Suspension (Refrigerator Plant) A device that offered cold sleep. (From The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years [1940] by Don Wilcox) |
| Multi-Generation Space Vessel (Generation Ship) A space ship and voyage intended to last across multiple human generations. (From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner) |
| Trumpaphone A loud, brassy instrument. (From The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years [1940] by Don Wilcox) |
| Centipede Perfect craft for crawling through slushy, frozen lakes - on Titan. (From Killing Titan [2015] by Greg Bear) |
| Magnetic Shell A munition that is powerfully attracted to ferrous ships. (From The Great Stone of Sardis [1897] by Frank Stockton) |
| Automatic Shell A projectile that bores through obstacles - even the Earth! (From The Great Stone of Sardis [1897] by Frank Stockton) |
| Bethé blasters Powerful enough to destroy a flying city. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
| Photic Borer (Artesian Ray) A ray of energy that illuminates a cross-section of Earth as it goes through solid earth and rock. (From The Great Stone of Sardis [1897] by Frank Stockton) |
| Sensitive Robot Fingers Special sensory capabilities of robotic appendages. (From The Exile of Time [1931] by Ray Cummings) |
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