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"We [science fiction writers] always wanted to believe in "private sector" space -- hucksters make better characters than a government does."
- Larry Niven
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| Singleship | ||
| A spacecraft designed for use by one person. |
| "It's a small room," Ordaz said, "but not too small. Millions of people live this way. In any case, a Belter would hardly be a claustrophobe."
"No. Owen flew a singleship before he joined us. Three months at a stretch in a cabin so small, you couldn't stand up with the air lock closed..." |
| Technovelgy from Death by Ecstasy,
by Larry Niven. Published by Galaxy Magazine in 1969 Additional resources -
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What would a man do with a singleship?
Compare to Space Bubble from The Planet Strappers (1961) by Raymond Z. Gallun and the cylinder space suit from Islands of the Sky (1952) by Arthur C. Clarke.
When Owen Dennison joined us, he replaced a man who had finally earned his singleship license and couldn't wait to start hunting rocks on his own."
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