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[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 17 Apr 2008 at 20:32, Richard Aiken wrote:

> IMTU, civilian ships *can* do wilderness refueling . . . but it's
> definitely a "life or death" choice.  Everybody doses up on anti-rad
> and then huddles in the ship's tiny stellar flare shelter, while the
> pilot handles it via remote.  And even so, it's only done if you can't
> afford the time/fuel necessary to find a nice, cool ice ball
> somewhere.

Actually, there are almost certainly far better places to refuel than 
skimming a gas giant's atmosphere. Icy moons, comets, etc.

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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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