Fountains of Paradise# SciFiction - 星际浪子
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55. Hard Dock
The record for one day's construction had been thirty
kilometres, when the slimmest and lightest section of the
Tower was being assembled. Now that the most massive portion
- the very root of the structure - was nearing completion in
orbit, the rate was down to two kilometres. That was quite
fast enough; it would give Morgan time to check the adaptor
line-up, and to mentally rehearse the rather tricky few
seconds between confirming hard-dock and releasing Spider's
brakes. I
The record for one day's construction had been thirty
kilometres, when the slimmest and lightest section of the
Tower was being assembled. Now that the most massive portion
- the very root of the structure - was nearing completion in
orbit, the rate was down to two kilometres. That was quite
fast enough; it would give Morgan time to check the adaptor
line-up, and to mentally rehearse the rather tricky few
seconds between confirming hard-dock and releasing Spider's
brakes. I