“Inertia propulsion!” Pierre exclaimed. “On our last shift … - Robert L. Forward

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“Inertia propulsion!” Pierre exclaimed. “On our last shift we were teaching them Newton’s law of gravity. Today they have inertia drives! Where will they be tomorrow?”
“They probably will be able to control space and time and won’t have to bother with such clumsy things as black hole gravity generators and inertia drives,” Amalita replied.

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Robert Lull Forward (August 15, 1932 – September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer.

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