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Thread: Mormonism in OA; Kolob
Post: Mormonism in OA; Kolob
| As far as I can tell, there is little discussion of Mormonism in Orion's Arm. However, the unique theology of Mormonism is something which I feel could blend very well into the OA Universe, and specif... |
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General Setting Discussion
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10-02-2025, 11:47 AM |
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Thread: Habitable Venus
Post: RE: Habitable Venus
| This theory, combined with the recent hints of life currently in Venus's atmosphere (phosphine detected), makes me wonder if this could be a sign of life previously existing on a more habitable Venus ... |
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09-20-2020, 02:18 PM |
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Thread: Chinese Gene-Edited Baby
Post: RE: Chinese Gene-Edited Baby
| If nothing else is done, my suggestion would be an addition to this article https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b2afc424975
Saying something like
50 AT - Lulu and Nana, the first ever genetical... |
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03-15-2019, 02:37 PM |
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Thread: Giving Mars an Atmosphere
Post: RE: Giving Mars an Atmosphere
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iancampbell Wrote: (11-09-2017, 04:42 AM)
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There are greenhouse gases stronger than either CO2 or methane; CFCs come to mind, but they are undesirable for other reasons. I suppose something like HC... |
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11-21-2017, 03:15 AM |
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Thread: Ross 128b
Post: RE: Ross 128b
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stevebowers Wrote: (11-18-2017, 05:10 AM)
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It looks good so far; just a few questions - why did the Beamriders take more than 40 years to start colonisation? I tend to count the colonisation date a... |
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11-18-2017, 07:15 AM |
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Thread: Ross 128b
Post: RE: Ross 128b
| If my Lohim idea is any good, then I'll expand what I wrote in the post above into a potential article, and put it in the Encyclopedia Galactica articles forum for critique.
If experienced OA contr... |
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11-18-2017, 04:36 AM |
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Thread: Ross 128b
Post: RE: Ross 128b
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radtech497 Wrote: (11-16-2017, 06:30 PM)
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four Wrote: (11-16-2017, 04:53 AM)
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Interesting find. For reference, here's OA's existing article on Ross 128: http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49170... |
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11-17-2017, 01:20 AM |
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Thread: Ross 128b
Post: RE: Ross 128b
| Interesting find. For reference, here's OA's existing article on Ross 128: http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/491700c65734d
I have a question. Is it possible that Ross 128b is locked in a 3:2 reso... |
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11-16-2017, 04:53 AM |
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Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos
| On the Eridanus League article (http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/487bb1fc69461):
The "Overview" section has the following sentence. "The League turned down several invitations from the First Fed... |
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Website and Content Issues
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11-16-2017, 04:11 AM |
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Thread: Elon Musk and the BFR
Post: RE: Elon Musk and the BFR
| Technically, I think it's doable. I'm sure he could land a million people on Mars by the 2040s if there were enough interest in it.
But the big problem is the market. I think he'll struggle to fin... |
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10-29-2017, 10:47 AM |
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Thread: Seven Earth-Sized Planets
Post: RE: Seven Earth-Sized Planets
| Theoretically speaking, I suppose all seven of these planets could be terraformed? Some of them will obviously be easier to terraform than others, though.
For the inner three planets, you might be ... |
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02-25-2017, 02:30 PM |
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Thread: Proxima Centauri b
Post: RE: Proxima Centauri b
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radtech497 Wrote: (08-25-2016, 08:00 PM)
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Running a few numbers on this planet, I find the ranges of uncertainty are probably not conducive to making Proxima b a "Gaian" world, even stretching the... |
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08-26-2016, 05:58 AM |
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Thread: What would it take to break OA?
Post: RE: What would it take to break OA?
| Due to the nature of OA being mostly in the distant future and involving speculative technology, it would be difficult to entirely break the setting.
If we have earlier, faster, machine learning le... |
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03-18-2016, 06:24 AM |
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Thread: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU
Post: RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by th...
| It should be pointed out that the newly-named star system, Titawin (Upsilon Andromedae A), is the subject of an article which is currently being written (the Santuario system http://www.orionsarm.com/... |
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12-19-2015, 02:17 AM |
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Thread: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU
Post: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IA...
| http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/
If there are any Orion's Arm articles on these planets, the IAU's new names should probably be mentioned. |
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12-17-2015, 11:48 AM |
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Thread: The Next 100 Years (?)
Post: RE: The Next 100 Years (?)
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Rynn Wrote: (08-13-2015, 11:42 PM)
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Actually we've not really (I don't think) done a great job of clarifying exactly what a megacorp is. This topic has come up before, often we treat them as large ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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08-14-2015, 02:30 AM |
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Thread: The Next 100 Years (?)
Post: RE: The Next 100 Years (?)
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Drashner1 Wrote: (08-13-2015, 11:29 AM)
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four Wrote: (08-13-2015, 07:56 AM)
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"40 - Ruth Duorkin born".
This should be altered ASAP, considering that no quadriplegic six-year-old of that name ha... |
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08-13-2015, 11:28 PM |
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Thread: The Next 100 Years (?)
Post: RE: The Next 100 Years (?)
| Having a look at the Information Age article:
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b2afc424975
What will need to be changed soon?
"40 - Ruth Duorkin born".
This should be altered ASAP, consid... |
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08-13-2015, 07:56 AM |
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Thread: Extrasolar Auroras spotted
Post: RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted
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stevebowers Wrote: (07-30-2015, 05:21 PM)
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Note the use of 'dwarves' in this article; I'm pretty sure it should be 'dwarfs' (this is one of my pet peeves).
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de... |
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08-01-2015, 10:52 PM |
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Thread: <EG> Scientology (decided not-publishable)
Post: RE: <EG> Scientology
| In my opinion, this is a very good and well-written article, and I would be all for including it, if not for the issues mentioned by others.
Generally it would seem like a dubious idea to write lar... |
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