DS2 Moonbase Xi - Reply

Jon of GZG, him say:

> ...by "rocket" I'm assuming either low-tech chemical burners or things

Ah yes, the Kzinti Lesson -- "A reaction drive is a weapon with
effectiveness
directly proportional to its efficiency" -- or something like that. I
always liked the
STL drive that Niven used in his story "One Face" -- a photon drive that
used
neutronium for fuel (!). Whatever that drive beam touched _vanished_! So
in-system manoeuvring required a _lot_ of computer power to get you
where you wanted to go without disintegrating other ships, asteroids,
satellites, space
stations, etc. Let's see someone write _that_ one up for FT..! <g>

Phil, remembering that the drive was really powerful, too -- the end of
the story involved using it to spin up a planet!