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Outbound Interplanetary Traffic
The rules of the spacelanes.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Atomic Torch
An atomic-powered cutting and welding tool.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Geopeller
An atomic powered, miniaturized means of propulsion.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Visiwave
Even faster than ultrawave! a means of instantaneous communication over lightyear distances.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Aerocab (Aeroflyer)
A electric flying taxi, or car.
(From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback)
Ground-to-Orbit Ferry
A kind of space shuttle craft.
(From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein)
Submarine Tube
A means of transport between Europe and North America via underwater tubes.
(From An Express of the Future [1895] by Michel Verne)
Asteroid Prison
A jail is the sole occupant of an asteroid.
(From One Against The Legion [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Alien Self-Government
Rules to assure intelligent aliens the right to govern themselves in freedom.
(From Co-Operate or Else [1942] by A.E. van Vogt)
Auto-Clerk
An automated accounting system.
(From Beyond This Horizon [1942] by Robert Heinlein)
Interstellar Laser Propulsion System
A means of traveling to the stars, using a Sol-based laser system and light sail-equipped ship.
(From Rocheworld [1985] by Robert Forward)
IntruGrab
A system designed to capture intruders.
(From The Hunch [1961] by Christopher Anvil)
Flitterboat
A one-man cargo space craft.
(From A Spaceship Named McGuire [1961] by Gordon Randall Garrett)
Astroposit
Retro-style system provides a readout on your position anywhere in the galaxy.
(From The Hunch [1961] by Christopher Anvil)
Plexiskin
A means of disguise.
(From A Spaceship Named McGuire [1961] by Gordon Randall Garrett)
Magnetic Soles
Magnetized footwear for easy walking on low gravity metal surfaces.
(From A Spaceship Named McGuire [1961] by Gordon Randall Garrett)
Bolognium
Very early fictional element, courtesy of metallurgists.
(From Transactions of Amer Soc for Steel Treating [1926] by Edgar Bain)
Clockwork Man
A man from the future with an embedded mechanism to manipulate time.
(From The Clockwork Man [1923] by E.V. Odle)
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