Gas giants Good or Bad?

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inertial dampners and shield grids will stop that wind-whipping. sure it all sounds stupid, but its sci-fi techno-babble.

we probably have enough raw materials in our own solar system to support more human beings than i know how to pronounce the numbers for. we can already change some kinds of atoms into other atoms, and create molecular scale self-assembling-machines, why would we ever need to go anywhere else except out of curiosity? i think the main reason space-opera is intertaining is because you can combine 18-19th century imperialism with 20th century warfare, and throw it all into the future.

none of its realistic, but it sure is fun.