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Ozone Radiation Shield Filling the gap between the inner and outer hull with ozone.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Selenium Photo-Electric Televisor A specialized photo-electric cell.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Filling Station Moon The idea that Man could first go to the Moon to obtain fuel or propellant.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Solar Power Apparatus An ingenious device to gather solar energy, melt water, power a turbine and get hydrogen and oxygen fuel from ice.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Atomic Explosive A handheld bomb that melted its way into an armored door, then detonated.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Proxy Robot A remote-controlled floating telepresence robot, for use by aliens who cannot share an atmosphere.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Daisy Projector Beam of energy penetrates the Heaviside layer to enable communication from planet to planet.
(From The Derelicts of Ganymede [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
Geodesic Inflexors Propulsion provided not by pushing against matter, but against spacetime.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
Ether-Traffic The communications spectrum of the solar system.
(From The Duel on the Asteroid [1932] by P. Schuyler Miller (w/D. McDermott)) |
Moon-Terror A syndrome common to people who live in less than half Earth-normal gravity.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
Wall Screen A large size display for video, anchored to a wall, or actually forming the wall itself.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
Hell-Stone An incomparably beautiful and rare jewel.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
Chardion Field Electronic 'envelope' that retained atmosphere on tiny worldlets.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
Etherphone Receiver A special earpiece to hear coded updates.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Multispecies Hotel A hotel set up to serve beings from different planets.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Space Dock Like a port for spacecraft; they can deliver their passengers and cargo.
(From Diamond Planetoid [1937] by Gordon A. Giles) |
Artificially Produced Speech Speech produced by mechanical means, rather than with vocal chords.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Plastotek False skin disguise.
(From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall) |
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