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Thread: Replicating Earth………
Post: RE: Replicating Earth………
stevebowers Wrote: (09-14-2019, 07:53 AM)
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Basically, any planet that is in a 1:1 with another.
No planets with 1:1 resonance have been discovered yet. but a few planets have been found where t... |
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09-14-2019, 10:42 AM |
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Thread: Replicating Earth………
Post: RE: Replicating Earth………
stevebowers Wrote: (09-14-2019, 06:07 AM)
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Yes. We already have a couple in the Encyclopedia Galactica, although we haven't made any Celestia add-ons for them yet.
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I didn't ask my question cor... |
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09-14-2019, 07:44 AM |
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Thread: Replicating Earth………
Post: RE: Replicating Earth………
stevebowers Wrote: (09-13-2019, 06:42 PM)
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I prefer the Trojan planet scenario (or rather the 1:1 resonance model, which is quite wide in scope).
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I've certainly heard of Trojan Asteroids…
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Mapping Worlds
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09-14-2019, 01:36 AM |
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Thread: Replicating Earth………
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09-13-2019, 09:54 AM |
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Thread: Review of Michele Dutcher's, Outrunning the Storm
Post: Review of Michele Dutcher's, Outrunning the Storm
Outrunning the Storm
By Michele Dutcher
Caution: This review may, for certain people, contain "spoilers"…
We begin to read about an awful war intended to wipe out humanity; then, we're whiplas... |
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Creative Writing
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09-13-2019, 09:49 AM |
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Thread: Space Fiction, Way Before OA's timeline…
Post: Space Fiction, Way Before OA's timeline…
I've started reading Jennifer Foehner Wells 5-book Confluence Series (http://www.jenniferfoehnerwells.com/books.html)…
Anyone else read it? |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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09-13-2019, 08:40 AM |
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Thread: Replicating Earth………
Post: RE: Replicating Earth………
stevebowers Wrote: (09-13-2019, 05:06 AM)
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stevebowers Wrote: (09-02-2019, 09:59 PM)
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I'm not convinced about the current thinking on moon size limits.
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To reinforce this doubt, here's a pic... |
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09-13-2019, 05:11 AM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: RE: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Drashner1 Wrote: (09-12-2019, 09:39 AM)
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To add some other items to the summary of how the setting has changed since its founding:
9) Replacement of GUT Drive with Conversion Drive
10) Expans... |
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 01:30 PM |
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Thread: Review of a Todd Drashner short story…
Post: RE: Review of a Todd Drashner short story…
Drashner1 Wrote: (09-12-2019, 12:29 PM)
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Thank you for the kind words. :)
The story is quite short - it was part of an initiative the project did many years ago to create a number of vignettes a... |
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Creative Writing
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09-12-2019, 12:33 PM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: RE: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Drashner1 Wrote: (09-12-2019, 09:03 AM)
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Hope this helps and is closer to the question you're asking. If not, please let us know and we can work together to achieve a meeting of the minds on the ma... |
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 09:09 AM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: RE: Founding "Creators" of OA?
stevebowers Wrote: (09-12-2019, 08:11 AM)
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Many contributors since the original group have contributed significant and fascinating material to this project, and this seems set to continue.
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 08:19 AM |
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Thread: Review of a Todd Drashner short story…
Post: Review of a Todd Drashner short story…
Traveler’s Notes: A Modest Proposal (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/100818)
by Todd Drashner
The reader becomes slowly acclimated to the general, then more specific, environment of the s... |
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Creative Writing
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09-12-2019, 07:45 AM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: RE: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Drashner1 Wrote: (09-12-2019, 03:16 AM)
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This might help - LINK (https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-page&page=gen_earlyyears).
Todd
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O.K., read the whole article—still not sure it can a... |
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 07:16 AM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: RE: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Drashner1 Wrote: (09-12-2019, 03:16 AM)
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This might help - LINK (https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-page&page=gen_earlyyears).
Todd
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Well, that's what I get for only scanning the beginn... |
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 07:00 AM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: RE: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Drashner1 Wrote: (09-12-2019, 03:16 AM)
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This might help - LINK (https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-page&page=gen_earlyyears).
Todd
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So, only having scanned the beginning of that article, ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 03:25 AM |
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Thread: Founding "Creators" of OA?
Post: Founding "Creators" of OA?
I've learned that M Alan Kazlev and Donna Hirsekorn were the "Parents" of OA—so to speak…
I've conversed here in the forums with a few of the current "Prime Movers"…
I've started to read the Bac... |
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General Setting Discussion
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09-12-2019, 02:48 AM |
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Thread: Reviews of OA Novellas
Post: RE: Reveiws…?
Apotheosis by Kevin Schillo
This is the fourth and last novella in the OA Collection, Against a Diamond Sky (https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-page&page=gen_publications)
And, this tale ... |
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Creative Writing
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09-11-2019, 09:21 AM |
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Thread: Reviews of OA Novellas
Post: RE: Reveiws…?
The Devoted Follower by Darren Ryding
I tried to find the parent star of the planet in this tale (in the EG), so I could search for it in Celestia (https://www.orionsarm.com/page/326); but, I tur... |
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09-10-2019, 08:00 AM |
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Thread: Reviews of OA Novellas
Post: RE: Reveiws…?
"Parameter Space" by Graham Hopgood
This is tale three in the collection of OA novellas (https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-page&page=gen_publications).
This story may be "beyond descripti... |
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09-08-2019, 06:16 AM |
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Thread: Reviews of OA Novellas
Post: RE: Reveiws…?
stevebowers Wrote: (09-07-2019, 02:38 AM)
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Thanks!
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…no prob… https://www.orionsarm.com/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif
And, as far as liking that quote—no way I couldn't share it :-) |
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09-07-2019, 02:40 AM |