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| 1D Diamond Crystal A continuous pseudo-one dimensional diamond crystal- maybe a nanotube? (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Operation Cleanup The program that removed space debris in LEO that could harm the space elevator. (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Standish A beam weapon of frightful intensity. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Tractor Beam A force field used to pull objects. (From Spacehounds of IPC [1931] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Ether-Wall An invisibility field. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Light Pressure Propulsion First mention of the idea that light itself could be a form of propulsion for spacecraft. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
| EverRest Cryotorium Rest forever in cryonic suspension among the stars. (From Flare [1992] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Slow Glass (Scenedow) A window made of Bose-Einstein Condensate that slows light to a snail's pace. (From Light of Other Days [1968] by Bob Shaw) |
| Gauzy A feather-light tent, made of a fabric just one molecule thick. (From This Immortal [1965] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Precrime Analytical Wing Contains the precognitives and the machinery need to hear and analyze their predictions of future crimes. (From The Minority Report [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Waveform Hypothesis (From Backbeat - A Novel of Physics [2004] by J. Frederick Arment) |
| Acceleration-tank A water-filled tank used to ease the strains of acceleration. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Flying Wing A V-shaped plane capable of flight to the edge of the atmosphere. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Head Cheese Intelligent paste made of neurons; spread upon a substrate for computing. (From Starfish [1999] by Peter Watts) |
| Moving a Planet Early use of the concept of moving a planet to a new sun. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Platinum Alloy Disc A silvery disc used for data record storage. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Weightlessness in Space This appears to be the first description of the idea of weightlessness in space. (From The Man in the Moone [1638] by Francis Godwin) |
| Credit Card A simple card that is used in place of money (From Looking Backward [1888] by Edward Bellamy) |
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