Yeah, that's what it said!As I recall. it took a number of hours to get into 'space' but the basic idea was that the craft would start rising & just keep going up & up & up.I remember thinking how weird it would be to see something like that.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------On Friday, May 8, 2020, 11:40:40 AM MST, Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:Which is ... insane. You can take your family car to orbit?I guess the Tesla Roadster SpaceX edition isn't that far off.On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 3:52 PM Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 05:01:02 PM MST, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:On 07May2020 1007, Ethan McKinney wrote:> Without contragravity, you get grav tanks with astounding acceleration ...
It's also been an explicit part of the OTU for a long, long time.
Air/rafts have always used it, and they date from the original LBBs.
Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yep, and there's even an explicit description of how to use an air/raft to get into orbit in one of the early pubs.All that's needed extra is a vaccsuit!----------------------------------------------------------The Traveller Mailing List
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