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That universe seemed to have a much more developed space industry than we have, indicated by the fact that they attached a whole asteroid to the ISS. Stephenso
by headcanon 10y ago
That universe seemed to have a much more developed space industry than we have, indicated by the fact that they attached a whole asteroid to the ISS.
Stephenson does seem to have a history of fudging a bit of the realism to drive the plot, like anybody, but he seems to do it in a way that says "wink wink, I know this couldn't happen but work with me people ;)"