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I think this is in THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH by Arthur C. Clarke Werthead Send a noteboard - 19/10/2009 05:20:24 PM
In that case the ice is suspended in front of an interstellar slower-than-light ship and used to absorb or deflect particles, radiation, small micrometeorites etc. Part of the plot is the ship has to stop at a colony to replenish the ice-shield before it can resume its journey.
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anyone seen ice used as shielding for ships in SF imlad - 19/10/2009 04:35:45 PM 3428 Views
Sounds familiar, but I'm not quite sure from where... *NM* Craig - 19/10/2009 05:03:03 PM 155 Views
I think this is in THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH by Arthur C. Clarke Werthead - 19/10/2009 05:20:24 PM 380 Views
It does sound like the kind of brilliant-yet-obvious idea Clarke would have. Tim - 19/10/2009 05:31:23 PM 363 Views
That sounds right. Knew I'd seen it somewhere. *NM* Craig - 19/10/2009 06:04:25 PM 133 Views
Found the story. There is an ice-shield, but it's for space dust, not lasers. *NM* Tim - 19/10/2009 11:47:33 PM 143 Views
Ice shielding against lasers? jh - 19/10/2009 07:28:51 PM 1737 Views
It wouldn't reflect, but it would significantly diffract... *NM* Ghavrel - 19/10/2009 09:25:16 PM 157 Views
Perhaps... jh - 20/10/2009 08:31:08 AM 333 Views
in Shepherd's novels they do burn thru the ice quickly, thus the ships spin *NM* imlad - 20/10/2009 05:18:53 PM 142 Views
Re: Ice shielding against lasers? Mats imaginary friend - 20/10/2009 03:39:25 AM 2014 Views
Well, most spaceships have to go in-atmosphere at some point. Kronin al'Sulc - 20/10/2009 04:09:16 AM 371 Views
yep, orbital docking stations imlad - 20/10/2009 05:21:40 PM 354 Views
momentum. Read up on it. *NM* jh - 20/10/2009 08:28:25 AM 143 Views
there might not be weight, but MASS still plays a role imlad - 20/10/2009 05:21:08 PM 358 Views
Ignorance or sarcasm? Aemon - 20/10/2009 09:26:31 PM 359 Views
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds *NM* Vodalus - 23/10/2009 01:49:21 AM 175 Views
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