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Launching Facility
A specific spot with support for a space launch.
(From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne)
Bat Wings
The dream of human-powered winged flight becomes a reality - in low gravity, of course.
(From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven)
Portal
Sensory experience of a data network.
(From True Names [1981] by Vernor Vinge)
Microwave Beamer
A hand-held fast cooking device.
(From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven)
Resting Pits

(From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven)
Big Push
A linear accelerator built on a long track; a mass driver.
(From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven)
Power-Wagon
Wagon powered by muscular creature from Etamin 9; uses carbohydrate syrup for fuel.
(From The Last Castle [1967] by Jack Vance)
Beta Beam Satellite

(From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven)
Stunwand

(From Hellstrom's Hive [1972] by Frank Herbert)
Procreative Stump
A woman's torso, kept alive for the purpose of using the womb as an incubator.
(From Hellstrom's Hive [1972] by Frank Herbert)
Nightmask
Night vision mask (similar to a diving mask) with an infrared light source.
(From Hellstrom's Hive [1972] by Frank Herbert)
Gravity Lens
An optical lens created using the lightbending properties of gravity.
(From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven)
Slowboat
Slower than lightspeed spacecraft used for interstellar colonization.
(From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven)
Anti-Gerasone
Cheap immortality comes to your neighborhood convenience store.
(From Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [1954] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
Automatics
Machinery capable of running some aspect of a space ship's operation on its own.
(From Wandl, The Invader [1932] by Ray Cummings)
Ice-Nine
A crystalline form of water so stable that in practical terms it would never melt.
(From Cat's Cradle [1963] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
Twing
Used in the hold of spaceships to keep articles all together, and to prevent them from floating around in free fall, or falling during periods of acceleration.
(From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven)
Ramrobot (Ramscoop Robot)
An autonomous interstellar exploration craft using gathered hydrogen for fuel.
(From Bordered in Black [1966] by Larry Niven)
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