Re: [TML] Rusting in space Phil Pugliese 04 Jan 2016 11:24 UTC
I think that the necessity of getting the ship safely off the planet would necessitate that the condition of the hull be taken into consideration. But then anything is possible. Maybe the goundside authorities don't care very much about it & just accept that, every so often, there'd be another 'pile-up'? -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 1/2/16, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] Rusting in space To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016, 9:02 PM This comment assumes the equivalents of organisations listed here exist in OTU Otherwise, I doubt port managment authorities will be paying ANY attention to anyone's hulls; the Navy looks after their own, and the commercial operators have it on their ballance sheet...as the bottom-of-the-list optional activity. If the sci-fi writer who described hull surface as "pitted and scarred" was right, then outer hull maintenance is far from simple, and likely a service not provided at port facilities, which are mostly concerned about getting vessels in and out as quickly as possible. Anything may be possible in the future, but it seems to me that performing hull maintenance while loading and unloading cargo is not going to happen. This is likely because of the concurrent contraband inspection. Greg C On 3 January 2016 at 14:28, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: This email was sent from yahoo.com which does not allow forwarding of emails via email lists. Therefore the sender's email address (xxxxxx@yahoo.com) has been replaced with a dummy one. The original message follows: -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 1/2/16, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] Rusting in space To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016, 4:06 PM > On Jan 2, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Bill Rutherford <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote: > > So the free trader with a 200 or 300 year-old unstreamlined (for those who want to see how LEO or deeper space corrosion works) or streamlined (for those who want to speed the process a bit) small trader who isn't that keen on scrubbing and coating the hull (would this be called careening - not because the captain's hauling the ship out of water but because it's similar in concept?) I expect it’s part of the annual maintenance tasks. Frankly, the effects of sitting on the starport tarmac for three days while loading cargo and doing pub crawls by the crew will have a far greater effect on everything on the exterior of the ship than it’s entire lifespan in vacuum. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can hear it now; ClassC starport manager to 'newbie' freetrader capt on his first visit; "Dude! Didn't you know better than to land here w/o first getting your hull treated? Standard hulls just don't cut it on this world!" =============================================================== =================================================================== ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://archives.simplelists.com ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=EwREIRgLK8vaUEhNlnoNdSGKwnjoID8a