Re: The Sparrow

On Sat, 10 May 2008 22:50:30 +0100, GSV Three Minds in a Can
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>>Yeah, that's the sort of detailed, well reasoned, critical acclaim that 
>>the book generally tends to receive. 9>.
>>
>>Didn't it worry you even a tad that they managed, what was it, 18 years 
>>time dilation on a trip to a star only 3LY away?? And can you actually 
>>envision a political environment where the Vatican gets to launch a 
>>mission like that. I mean suspension of disbelief I am willing to 
>>attempt, but even my beanstalk-grade mono-crystalline carbon couldn't 
>>hold those up.
>
>Ah, I forgot to mention the (missing) careful and detailed consideration 
>of the orbital parameters, and day/night cycles which a planet circling 
>a multiple star system would undergo. 

Doesn't need much.  A planet orbiting Alpha C B would have the same
day/night cycles we do, except that they'd sometimes have a star in
the sky producing about as much light as the moon does.