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Really? You plan to mine iron and aluminum on the moon? You are going to go to Mars to try to set up a mine to get materials to build a spaceship to go to Mars? I think there is a step missing in there somewhere. Also, the delta-v needed to get materials from an asteroid is a lot more than it...

Where are your numbers for vehicle mass, transfer fuel, the Mars lander and its fuel weight? Your description is essentially the plan that Von Braun had for a Lunar mission. It wasn't practical so it was rejected in favor of a single launch vehicle. I know where Von Braun's numbers came from...

I'll ask the obvious question. Where exactly would you get the materials to build this spaceship without lifting them out of Earth's gravity well?

You would need to move another planet to Mars. For example, if you could get Ceres to crash into Mars, you might get it going in a few million years. It simply cannot be done in the near term.

I suppose I could answer this two ways. First, there are no parallel universes just as there is no such thing as time travel. Both of these theories rely on an infinite amount of mass and energy which does not seem likely. Secondly, let's just say for fun that there really were parallel...

I don't know of any theory that would allow this. The atmospheric pressure is less than 1% of Earth sea level. It's almost a vacuum. The air pressure at the top of Mount Everest is 38 kPa compared to 1.16 kPa at the lowest point on Mars. And, I don't see how you could make the atmosphere thicker...

I read the first eleven of Goodkind's books in the Sword of Truth series. So, I can say with complete confidence that Goodkind is one of the worst authors I have ever read. His world building is like a squatters town on the outskirts of a city where a new shack goes up as needed with no regard...

As I recall, I read the original trilogy and the four books in the Heritage series after that. I was constantly annoyed by the lack of imagination. I was more annoyed by the hand-waving of the plot. What I mean by hand-waving is when you introduce something in a book that has no foundation in...

'Rust wall' is confusing to me. I see that you say 'rust dirt' in the next paragraph. That would be more descriptive but dirt is never a sheer wall. The wall behind him would have to be rock of some kind. I assume he is standing on rock so this would probably be more consistent. I don't...

Okay, I'm confused. What kind of critique are you looking for? The characters, the action, the tone; but not the descriptions or phrasing?

What does lbl mean?

Much of the claim of similarity with Tolkien is ludicrous. There are no elves, hobbits, dwarfs, trolls, orcs, goblins, dragons, or balrogs in the Covenant series. You could probably draw some parallels between Sauron and Lord Foul. Both are immortal figures of evil. There are some differences...

This is explained by Donaldson himself at the end of the first book of his Gap series. No, he did not take ideas from Tolkien. He took ideas from the similar myths that Tolkien took his ideas from. I have to say though that I'm rather confused by the rush of some in this thread to try to claim...

I'm not sure anyone has actually described the scene correctly. Thomas hates himself. His wife left him. The townspeople don't want to have anything to do with him because of the leprosy. Thomas believes that he somehow deserves to be despised. And, if I recall correctly, he destroyed the book...

A lot seems egregious to me but you might not want that much of a critique.

A vault is about 32" high. When you do a double burial, you dig the grave 7' deep. This allows enough room to put a second vault on top of the first one. You normally have about 18-24" between ground level and the top of the vault. A depth of less than 5' for single burial is pretty typical...

Why don't you create a case board like detectives do?

Are you requesting people to read the 43k version or the 100k version or both?

Yes, what does the main character want?