On 19Jun2020 1946, Kelly St. Clair wrote:
> The notion that some portion of the hydrogen is used to form/fill the
> jump bubble has come up before in prior discussions of this issue.  I
> think a refinement (ha) that someone once suggested is that because
> the physics of jumpspace are /different/, you very much want something
> to keep the bubble "inflated" so that it does not come anywhere close
> to the hull.  Hydrogen, preferably protium, is the best stuff to use
> because it's so SIMPLE it minimizes the possibility of weird
> interactions along the interface, including what we politely call
> "high-energy events" and sometimes even /stranger/ things (see the
> misjump tables and a hundred old spacer's tales).
>
Exactly, though IMTU there's enough jumpspace interpenetration of the
bubble that an EVA, especially late in a jump, is a really Bad Idea, and
damage to the hull grid can make for 'interesting' events like those old
tales of hauntings as jump space leaks in.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>