Re: (2535) Computer size

:) That's funny, I was thinking about compaction problems a few days
ago... I thought of these fighters aboard a carrier that essentially
came apart so that they could be worked on, and then thought of how the
latching would work.

Then I thought of new weapons designed to make ships come apart, like
launching little robots to unlatch the sucker... :>

Bigger ships will probably need about 1/5 of machinery space for
maintenance, and that will still mean most machinery will be
inaccessable, just that the space allows blocks to be pulled out.
Modularism is likely, with each piece of equipment in a frame to hold it
in place, then linked to whatever else.

Wiring, piping, and so forth is probably going to be a REAL bitch and a
half, even WITH computers, and computers will probably need a fair
portion devoted to maintenance.

Oh, by the by, I asked a little while ago about ship design graphics and
graphics sites... will someone please answer?

- - -Me
[Pooh Bear incarnate.]