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The Ithaca, a Monolith-class freighter. Currently docked in Bay 12 on Circulus Station orbiting Mars.
The Ithaca in better times—before the solar storm and the 1.2 gravity of Zethera, a desert planet. Before Dale Ransom hung up his medals for a life of smuggling.
Now ankle-monitor free, can he erase his past and shore up his daughter's future?
#HardSF #DeepOrbit #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
A macro close-up photograph of a metallic Whipple Shield plating (the protective bumper on a spacecraft). A hypervelocity impact from a 1mm piece of micro-debris has created a small, blackened penetration hole on the outer layer.
"I’m extending Whipple shield layers One and Two before the hull becomes Swiss cheese." 🛰️
In #HardSF, there are no Star Trek-like "energy shields", but layers of aluminum and Kevlar meant to break up high-velocity debris. The Ithaca's crew survival depends them. #DeepOrbit #WritingCommunity
