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    Helmets

    I suppose that the goldfish bowl helmets are like the ones the astronauts wore in the Apollo capsule during liftoff, and another variant would be the ones they wear in the space shuttle during liftoff, which are different from the Apollo helmets in that they look more like flight helmets with a...
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    Who will lead the exploration of space?

    I think all the big ones will have important roles in the exploration and colonisation of the Solar system. I believe that NASA will get more funding and support if Russia or China boosts their space programmes. If Russia would like to restore the prestige of the good old space race days, with...
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    Naming Characters

    I don't really write fantasy unless urban SF/F in similar style as Buffy counts, so I'm usually just concerned with finding names for humans. For this, I've found the random name generator over here to work well: Random Name Generator The difficult part is to come up with names for alien life...
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    Too many ideas?

    I have plenty of documents and notes with ideas for stories, scenes, dialogues and characters, some of them have been used for short stories, a few for possible novels. Yes, I have more ideas and half-finished stories than finished stories.
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    How fast do you write?

    Typing fast isn't too difficult once you get the steam engine up and running. That hardest part is to know what to write...
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    Physics/Science Question

    Well, I'm wondering a bit how the moons are balanced the way they are. Are they right at the zenit of the poles? In that case the phases on those moons would be the same all the time, that is you would always see just half of it be illuminated. The people living at the equator would...
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    Rama series by Arthur C Clarke

    As been said, it's about a giant space craft entering our solar system. Human astronauts are sent to investigate. There are four books, in the following order: Rendezvous With Rama, Rama II, Garden of Rama, and Rama Revealed. I would highly recommend them.
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