## [RT] Sideways in Hyperspace: Chapter 9: Drive

* Author: u/Sagebrysh  *Rank 7 Pragmatist**
* URL: https://sidewaysfiction.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/drive/
* Score: 13

* Created: 2017-01-08T16:35:12

### Post:

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### Comments:

> **u/MaddoScientisto** [+2]  (7 hours later)
> 
> This thing with the hatches is going to end SO WRONG and the more he keeps saying "we'll be careful" the bigger I think the mess will be

>> **u/None** [+2]  (19 hours later)
>> 
>> [deleted]

>>> **u/MaddoScientisto** [+2]  (22 hours later)
>>> 
>>> didn't think of that, it actually makes a lot of sense and I hope it's what happens

> **u/talks2deadpeeps** [+2]  *The Culture* (2 days later)
> 
> I like this story, but something that really irks me is the author's portrayal of space as being "cold". You can't cool a room by exposing it to a vacuum.

>> **u/MoralRelativity** [+1]  (2 days later)
>> 
>> The use of 'cold' can get repetitive but it is accurate. Negative 270 deg Celsius. More here http://www.universetoday.com/77070/how-cold-is-space/

>>> **u/Dragonheart91** [+3]  (5 days later)
>>> 
>>> Yes but you can't use space for cooling because you can't conduct or convect heat in a vacuum.

>>>> **u/MoralRelativity** [+1]  (6 days later)
>>>> 
>>>> Absolutely correct.

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