Category: Non-fiction

Hyperloop vs Fast Trains: whether to Hyperloop or not to Hyperloop, that is the question.

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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C3_220610: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Three: “Paris Interview”.] SP: Barrie, in your latest book, ‘Star Island‘, you have your characters using several modes of transport. In particular. some readers are wondering why you have them still using conventional fast rail between European cities. What about Hyperloop vs fast trains? Given that the…

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Science Experiment

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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C1_220512: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter One: “Oblivion”.] A key element in Chapter One, “Oblivion”, of my first ‘Planetoid Trilogy‘ book, ‘Star Island‘, is the ‘calibration test of the MiniAXE apparatus’. Effectively it is a science experiment. Today we take for granted that scientists and engineers use experiments to rigorously test their scientific…

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