Milton A. Rothman
5 Quotations from Milton A. Rothman
| antigravity n. | 1947 Interplanetary Travel (Means of Propulsion) in Variant Sept. 36 I think that Cambell [sic] was the first to point out in a story that to render a body completely weightless by an antigravity machine would require the consumption of the amount of energy necessary to lift a weightless body to any height with the application of very little power, remove the antigravity, and let the body fall under its weight, thus generating energy out of nothing, which is not allowed. |
| Clarke’s Law n. | 1980 On Designing an Interstellar Spaceship in Asimov’s Science Fiction Sept. 119 I also know that when I say: ‘It is impossible for an interstellar space drive to operate without using a reaction principle,’ somebody is going to throw Clarke’s Law up in my face. |
| planetquake n. | 1941 Convention of 1960 in Milty’s Mag June 5 The hyperspatial transition—and what it means! This planetquake between two planets that exist simultaneously across hyperspace—portions of each planet changing position! |
| reaction drive n. | 1980 On Designing an Interstellar Spaceship in Asimov’s Science Fiction Sept. 118 If conservation of momentum is a valid law, then every interstellar space drive must be a reaction drive. |
| tight-beam n. | 1940 Flight to Galileo in Astonishing Stories Oct. 92/2 This came on our own private, tight[-]beam, scrambled phone hook-up, just before the interference broke it up. |