tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post304271871551532508..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: SciFi Saturday – Asimov on Hyperspace, Pt. 4Deltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-80989423361280843512020-09-03T03:51:25.520-04:002020-09-03T03:51:25.520-04:00I do wonder if the 'take off speed' mentio...I do wonder if the 'take off speed' mentioned doesn't refer to a specific velocity but instead is used for "warming up the engine", like a car charging its battery using the motor. Idea being that the hyperdrive needs to be charged by the regular engine operating first before it can initiate, like chemical activation energy.Qyubeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057969629411262342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-73618451381538123312013-07-28T12:32:32.701-04:002013-07-28T12:32:32.701-04:00Addendum: The site Technovelgy.com has an earliest...Addendum: The site Technovelgy.com has an earliest-reference to hyperspace in John W. Campbell's "Islands of Space" (Amazing Stories, 1931), that being about 10 years before Asimov started writing the Foundation stories.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1446" rel="nofollow">http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1446</a>Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-22118698883883239962013-07-21T12:27:03.375-04:002013-07-21T12:27:03.375-04:00Thank you for the kind words! So glad you enjoyed ...Thank you for the kind words! So glad you enjoyed reading them. :-)Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-68747400170276308412013-07-21T10:53:44.935-04:002013-07-21T10:53:44.935-04:00I've really enjoyed reading your last few post...I've really enjoyed reading your last few posts, Delta. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for reminding me of what it was like to read Asimov's Foundation stories for the first time.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551480034601737297noreply@blogger.com