On 11/1/2017 10:15 PM, Richard Aiken wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org
> <mailto:xxxxxx@efn.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     Pity the hulls probably wouldn't be close enough for naked-eye
>     observation; spoils the visual of a dozen starships all slowly
>     rotating like kebab rotisseries.
>
>
> Why *not* put them inside easy reach of each other? Doing that would
> make them a lot easier to visit when necessary.

In space, naked-eye ranges aren't just "inside easy reach", they're
"practically /touching/".  You might, at best, be able to make out a
constellation of other points of light against the starfield, gradually
brightening and dimming as they reflect more or less light in your
direction.

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