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Date Posted: 07:53:40 07/24/02 Wed
Author: Success_Machine
Subject: Starship Generations Update

The latest incarnation of Starship Generations incorporates Aerogel as a nutrient growth medium for space-based agriculture, replacing sandy loam topsoil. Aerogel has a density of just 75 kg/cu.m and results in an 8-fold decrease in starship mass. The result is a faster ship, faster on-orbit assembly time, reduced antimatter requirements, and generally a more feasible starship design.

The only drawback of a less massive ship is reduced heat capacity, resulting in faster internal temperature changes during power failure. However temperature fluctuations still take months to become critical, so there is plenty of time to conduct repairs.

I've also included a section on renewable energy transportation:

http://geocities.com/womplex_oo1/StarshipGenerations.html

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