Jim Baranski asks:
> Are there other ways to land
> ships? Are there reaction drives that are not destructive? Some scenarios
> have space ports have gravitic landing platforms, and scorched earth
> wilderness landings. I kind of like that.
Well, depending on how you like to do things, you could always configure your
as a spaceplane, and land with the assistance of wings and an air breathing
engine of some sort, or for that matter, land as a glider. 'Course, you only
get one chance...(-:
Rob Dean
P.S. There are a number of potentially useful technologies that Traveller's
reliance on grav manipulation overshadows. Laser launch systems and
beanstalks are two that spring immediately to mind.