... CNN is now reporting it as follows: BREAKING NEWS The space shuttle Columbia, carrying a crew of seven, broke up Saturday morning 200,000 feet above Texas....
I've added a spreadsheet in the files section that has wall calendars for each of the worlds. The local dates for February 19, 2214 are: Olympia 173/4/21 ...
The summary population spreadsheets were tweaked to correct errors with the Schwarzvaal numbers. If you have made any data based on those numbers, please...
... Actually, according to the civics doc for NR, the date on NR is 19/02/2214; attempts to force humans to cope with NN's 17 hour day through things such as 5...
Despite what happened today, I think we should go on, with the memory of what happened and what as sacrificed. As Ken said, the best legacy is not to yield. ...
... business transactions a little bit easier when you can call up the other guy and your on more or less the same calendar. ... Although both colonies use...
Freighter travel times from the planet Low Orbit to the rabbithole of each system, as laid out on the 11 delta v maps, is as follows: Pacifica Transport time...
... to ... enthusiasts ... Brief note: All of the planets keep multiple calendars. First, interstellar shipping uses the (ordinary to us) Earth calendar....
... No farmers, not much snow. 8) Though, yes, I'm sure there is a local-time calculation widely available. (I'm blanking on the correct term for this -...
... Andrew claimed at one point that the short correction period at the end of the 4th day was known colloquially(sp) as the 5th day so I threw it in for...
... You forgot the vat food. When the fungi eat any crop we try to grow outdoors, everything is either vat-food, or imported. 8) ... James Sterrett & Corinne...
... True, I just don't tend to think of them as farmers. 8) ... Nah, but a diet of nothing but soy and potatoes does get awfully boring. 8) ... James...
... guess ... Yeah. ... is ... boring. 8) Depends on what kind of technology you need for the vats. Let one part break that you can't replace and you've got a...
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With Bob dropping out, I'm taking over the advocacy for Olympia. I'm still getting up to speed but there are a couple of things I want to talk to about. As...
... No - what you suggest has never really been discussed, that I can remember. ... I like this a *lot!* :) ... of ... It's not likely that Olympia could "do"...
... worlds ... Good. ... both ... independence. ... at ... ?? I never heard that before. In fact, I'd consider it especially unlikely given that Olympia is an ...
... an ... Oh, not "no contact," but I suspect fairly limited in the 2170s. At that time, Altiplano has about three quarters of a million people - roughly the...
... going ... I'd like to make a case that Olympia is an exception to that for the simple reason that we *need* trade. The other colonies have sympathic ...
... [snip] ... trade ... Fair enough - as said last message, given the small scale of these societies, even a very small Olympian presence would be highly ...
... have ... I think the best terrestial example of what I think you're reaching toward would be the Austrialan outback... small communities of people ...
I would like to propose that Medina makes a similar offer for a defense treaty in 2191 at about the same time that Olympia does (preferably a few weeks before)...
... defense ... a few ... rather ... rivalry ... Compelling. I like that, so no objections here. As to way Alti should choose Olympia over Medina... well,...
... I'm ... to ... OK. Do we know who is taking over the other colonies in need? Ken hasn't answered the last few messages I sent him... Graves <Orieni>...
... Ben Burns is Refuge. I forget who got Schwarzvaal. I haven't heard from Ken in the last few days either. I sent you a couple of questions off list...
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