Since 14 m^3 comes to about 494.4 cubic feet, I think 500 is good enough for government work.

Now, if the floor space is 104 ft^2 then the ceiling would be way too low for most travelers.

However, shave some space off of the L & W, & we could make it fit.

From: Thomas RUX <tmr0195@comcast.net>
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2017 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] Some useful color for your games

Morning from WA Richard Aiken,

CT: 1 dton occupies a space with the dimensions of 1.5 x 3 x 3 = 13.5 m^3 rounded to 14 m^3

MT: 1 dton occupies a space with the dimensions of 1.5 x 3 x 3 = 13.5 m^3

TNE: 1 dton occupies a space with the dimensions of 2 x 2 x 3.5 = 14 m^3

T4: Book 1 p. 92 QSDS 1 dton is the equivalent to 14 m^3 or the volume of 1 metric ton (1000 kg) of liquid hydrogen.

T4: Book 2 Starships SSDS p. 70 1 dton is the equivalent to 14 m^3

T4: Book B FF&S p. 7 1 dton "is 14 m^3 and is the volume requiring metric ton of pure liquid hydrogen."

MgT 1 dton is approximately 14 m^3

The best answer is that 1 dton is 14 m^3.

Tom Rux

On December 25, 2017 at 7:01 AM Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Evyn MacDude <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
Small crew cabins… https://www.nationalgeographic .com/photography/proof/2017/ 10/nakagin-capsule-tower/

Particularly after they;ve been lived in for a while…like lots of PC ships...

Small? That's what 2 dTons looks like. I.e. Middle passage.

Not sure any more what a dton equals in cubic meters. I've been using the GT English 500 cubic feet per dton for too long.

The article states the floorspace of a unit as 104 square feet. While it doesn't give a height measurement, the overhead looks quite low. So I'm thinking it's probably actually a bit less than two full dtons. But then, that "wastage" probably goes into access space, anyway.

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