On Monday, October 14, 2013 3:41:50 PM UTC-4, Bruce Goatly wrote:   
   > Can science fiction ever get the science right? -    
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   > "'My pet peeve is inertia,' says [Ed] Trollope [spacecraft operations    
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   > engineer at technology firm Telespazio VEGA Deutschland]. 'There are many    
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   > good reasons for keeping your engines on in space, but 'maintaining speed'    
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   > is not one of them. If you turn your engines off, you don't stop.'   
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   > "Some do it slightly better than others. 'I'd prefer not to single out a    
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   > single film/book/series for this particular error, because it's so common -    
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   > but I will laud the old television show Babylon 5, for doing a wonderful job    
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   > of representing the mechanics of spaceflight inertia so nicely,' explains    
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   > Trollope."   
      
   Very much so. Loved that about B5.   
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