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Re: .. What if Tom Hanks filmed the...Future...of NASA instead of it's past?     

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Author: Williamknowsbest
Date: Jun 24, 2008 07:14

...outset, we'll extend further into the cosmos. Just as there was a human genome project in the 1990s, by the 2090s there may be a human recovery project. The ability to build a ringworld, or dyson sphere, or elements of the same, around Sol and other stars, using robot labor, combined with even a limited time viewer and advanced forensic techniques, would allow humanity to support a human...
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Re: Planet That Is 20 Times Bigger Than Earth     

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Author: Hooked on a Feeling
Date: Feb 13, 2008 13:00

... line on all this is it really doesn't matter how big your planet is, it's not like you'll be able to fit more people on it, cause the size of your planet determines how big the people on the planet are. Who is with me on this? If the planet was 100 time bigger then Earth. It would not be like Earth. Unless it had a 1:1 scale map of Earth, like the ringworld.
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Re: My Recommendation     

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Author: brian fletcher
Date: Dec 3, 2007 05:53

... favorite Sci-Fi writers??? K e v My "last" favorite was Larry Niven. (I went through many.) Today I find the popular science mags to be entertainment enough. Ringworld -- Mote in God's Eye.... You hit one of my favorites...I read alot from the 60's thru the beginning of the 80's..When the trend went to "sword & sorcery" I ...
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Re: My Recommendation     

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Author: Sir Frederick
Date: Dec 1, 2007 12:43

...) your favorite Sci-Fi writers??? K e v My "last" favorite was Larry Niven. (I went through many.) Today I find the popular science mags to be entertainment enough. Ringworld -- Mote in God's Eye.... You hit one of my favorites...I read alot from the 60's thru the beginning of the 80's..When the trend went to "sword & sorcery" I ...
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Re: My Recommendation     

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Author: kevirwin
Date: Dec 1, 2007 10:42

... (are) your favorite Sci-Fi writers??? K e v My "last" favorite was Larry Niven. (I went through many.) Today I find the popular science mags to be entertainment enough. Ringworld -- Mote in God's Eye.... You hit one of my favorites...I read alot from the 60's thru the beginning of the 80's..When the trend went to "sword & sorcery" I dropped ...
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Re: My Recommendation     

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Author: Sir Frederick
Date: Nov 30, 2007 23:57

...Who were (are) your favorite Sci-Fi writers??? K e v My "last" favorite was Larry Niven. (I went through many.) Today I find the popular science mags to be entertainment enough. Ringworld -- Mote in God's Eye.... You hit one of my favorites...I read alot from the 60's thru the beginning of the 80's..When the trend went to "sword & sorcery" I dropped out.... ...
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Re: My Recommendation     

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Author: kevirwin
Date: Nov 30, 2007 23:05

... were (are) your favorite Sci-Fi writers??? K e v My "last" favorite was Larry Niven. (I went through many.) Today I find the popular science mags to be entertainment enough. Ringworld -- Mote in God's Eye.... You hit one of my favorites...I read alot from the 60's thru the beginning of the 80's..When the trend went to "sword & sorcery" I dropped out.... If you haven'...
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[eBay] Loads of Roleplaying Boxed Sets, Magazines and Books for Auction     

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Author: Stephen Weir
Date: Sep 11, 2007 14:15

...following roleplaying items up for auction on eBay at the minute: 0551 Last Battle Boardgame - Twilight 2000 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130151841509 Larry Niven's Ringworld Boxed Set http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130151806963 20501 Torg Boxed Set http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130151805910 3002 Cyberpunk 2020 2nd...
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Re: I was down at the train station with some friends eating Mentos & smoking fleebers.     

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Author: fanghorn
Date: Nov 7, 2006 15:11

... I'm not familiar with Larry Niven, but some of the best things come from taking a chance on what other people have recommended. His big "claim to fame" is a modified idea of the Dyson sphere called Ringworld: a Ribbon the size of earth's orbit and 100,000 miles accross that rotates and has walls on the edges to keep the air in. I also like Phillip K. Dick's works as far as sci-fi ...
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