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the army at the bottom of the gravity well is at a strategic disadvantage .

consider the energy it takes to move material to the moon, whereas moon people can drop rocks on Earth at will.

now consider national strategic planning for the 2nd half of the 21st century 🪨
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YODL 2mo ago

Why am I slightly surprised that you've read this? Maybe it's the Japanese (?) name...

High ground wrt gravity is another intriguing concept. Bener thought about it, ha! Reminds me of the bugs shooting rocks at earth in Starship Troopers (although I'm not sure the physics there made sense).

Now that I think about it, moon can't just "drop rocks", but I guess you mean relatively speaking.

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Hanshan 2mo ago

yes, relatively speaking.

also the Belters dropping rocks on earth from The Expanse.

I lived in Japan a long time but I was already a nerd 😂

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YODL 2mo ago

Never watched The Expanse. Heard good things, I think (I get those nerd space shows mixed up; never really my cup, though I enjoy reading scifi).

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Hanshan 2mo ago

the first couple seasons were fire

and afterwards...

it was ok

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YODL 2mo ago

Noted, duly! Ty

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Globe99 2mo ago

Starship Troopers -- another Heinlein novel! Probably his most famous given the movie, albeit "Moon is a ..." and "Stranger in a Strange Land" are generally considered his best works AFAIK

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YODL 2mo ago

Embarrassed to say I didn't realize was same author 😶‍🌫️

Last scifi I read was ... Daemon, and it's been a while since that one.