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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Shari A multipurpose net worn as clothing. (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) |
| Fluor Strips Lighting long narrow devices. (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) |
| Single Sheet Molecule A counterfeit-proof way to output unique documents. (From Dorsai! [1960] by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Ether Eddy A shimmering region of space marking a break-through into another universe. (From The Cavern of the Shining Pool [1937] by Leo Zagat) |
| Plastibulb A squeezable drink container. (From The Proud Robot [1943] by Lewis Padgett) |
| Solar Power Screen Absorb all solar energy, and emit electrical energy. (From Let There Be Light [1940] by Lyle Monroe) |
| Lighting Panel A large panel that presents illumination without heat. (From Let There Be Light [1940] by Lyle Monroe) |
| Laser-Induced Plasma Shoots lightning from your fingertips. (From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
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