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Not so hard?

This story is given as an example of "Hard Science Fiction", but I find a small flaw in the story according to the plot summary...

(diameter of the moon * pi) / (29.5 hours) = 102.791018 m / s

which is hardly a walking pace... is this really an example of "Foam Science Fiction"?

--Leav (talk) 22:29, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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