Thread: Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?
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Old 08-26-2015, 02:18 PM   #22713
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
So I'm reading this book by Steven Baxter, Voyage. It's a very technical book and it seems to be hard SF, so you would expect it to be pretty accurate with the science.

But, right near the start this astronaut is driving his Corvette, which apparently is a 4 seater. Um, what? I don't think so.
What is the science?

Seems to me that this is like using the wrong name for a person or something else totally irrelevant. Or using the wrong color. Or the wrong phone number.
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