(urth) Faterh Inire Theory cont.

[James Wynn]

What if they don't use paint? What if the colors are burned on with 
radiation? What if they apply crystallization?

On 12/13/2010 8:09 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> I like your romantic notion of a starship, Gerry.
>
> I just don't think even "good" air filtration is achievable if 
> everyone on the ship thinks as you do and renovates his "suite of 
> rooms" from time to time. It would take very little bad behavior from 
> all hands to kill the ship.
>
> On 12/13/2010 6:28 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>>
>>
>> I really think you are making too much of these limitations on the 
>> permissible furnishing of spacecraft which, though far in Urth's 
>> past, are far in our future.  They have artificial gravity; if they 
>> also have good air filtration, dust may not be as much of a problem 
>> as you imagine.  Think of them as like ships on Earth - you can put 
>> anything you want there, within reason.
>> They use paint because it looks better.  Would you want to sail in a 
>> grotty pre-fab starship?  And maybe it didn't flake at all during the 
>> voyage anyway.
>
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