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Could laser collisions be used as an interstellar dust deflector?

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How would a scaled-up ballista designed to launch 50-foot spears function?

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What causes my expedition RTG to produce way less power when deployed in a magic realm

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Is it possible to use rail guns or mass drivers as some kind of anti orbital weapon?

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How would computers develop in a society where a Cherokee-like language is the dominant lingua franca?

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Could methane be a suitable "lifting gas" for medieval-tech airships?

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Why have non-magic technology when there is already a magic solution?

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