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Landing Legs
Projections from the base of a space craft that allow it to land upright in gravity.
(From No Planet Is Safe [1958] by Harlan Ellison)
Celestial Atlas
Planet-by-planet descriptions throughout known space.
(From No Planet Is Safe [1958] by Harlan Ellison)
Command-Disk
A device that sends out audible tones to control flesh-monsters.
(From Creatures of the Comet [1931] by Edmond Hamilton)
Cometeering
Exploring a comet!
(From Creatures of the Comet [1931] by Edmond Hamilton)
Landing Arms
Arms that poke out from a space craft to allow it to land on solid ground, in gravity.
(From Creatures of the Comet [1931] by Edmond Hamilton)
Ascension-Framework
A tower to which the space craft is attached, holding it vertical for its flight upward.
(From Evans of the Earth-Guard [1930] by Edmond Hamilton)
Funnel-Shaped Landing Framework
A special purpose landing dock area that is wider at the top until the craft is captured toward the bottom.
(From Evans of the Earth-Guard [1930] by Edmond Hamilton)
Space-Phone
A device for communicating with space ships, both ship-to-ship and ground-to-ship.
(From The Message From Space [1930] by David M. Speaker)
Wind-Suncatcher
A combination wind turbine and solar energy gathering device.
(From Down on the Farm [1937] by Simpson Stokes)
Opaque Helmet
A spacesuit helmet that has no see-through components at all; fully enclosed metal.
(From Wanderer of the Void [1937] by Dr. Arch Carr)
Mechanical Cow (Nibbler)
An autonomous mechanism that performs some of the actions of an ordinary bovine.
(From Down on the Farm [1937] by Simpson Stokes)
Fight Machine (Boxing Robot)
An autonomous boxer.
(From Jingle in the Jungle [1957] by Aldo Giunta)
Teleray
Destruction over great distances.
(From Cosmic Teletype [1938] by Carl Jacobi)
Robot-Referee
An autonomous robot judge at athletic events.
(From Jingle in the Jungle [1957] by Aldo Giunta)
Robot Conductor
A robot that serves as the conductor on a bus.
(From The Woman You Wanted [1958] by Robert Silverberg)
Precrime Sleeve Communicator
A device for communication worn as part of the uniform jacket.
(From Minority Report (Movie) [2002] by Steven Spielberg)
Spider Robot
A mechanism in the form of a spider.
(From The Mystery of Element 117 [1949] by Milton K. Smith)
Robot Detector
A device that can sense robotics.
(From Assignment in the Unknown [1951] by Frank Quattrocchi)
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