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5 Sep 2024 13:15:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: I can't decide which is most awesome  
From: Warp
Date: 19 Sep 2009 14:49:14
Message: <4ab527a9@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   It's hard to imagine any kind of life (much less intelligent life) forming
> > on or in a neutron star. 

> Robert Forward wrote some SF novels about that, starting with Dragon's Egg. 
> He's actually a cutting edge physicist as well, which is pretty cool, so 
> when he tells you how to put a space ship in orbit around a neutron star 
> such that you don't wind up being eaten by tidal forces, chances are he 
> actually did the math. :-)

  Maybe, but let's not forget what the F in SF stands for.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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