Scheer needed (and needs ITL) the collaboration with Ernsting and most importantly Voltz to mellow things out and create a more well rounded story(line).
But then again nearly all early SciFi was quite militaristic, not even Lem escaped that.
Loan words are even OTL not the problem, quite the opposite in fact.
I frequently string together sentences in Japanese where 50% or more are loan words (common ones) and that only goes up when going into technical fields.
Phonetic writing (accents/diacritics) is quite useful with Chinese...
Given how averse current Japanese are to writing (entire sentences) in Romaji I find that somewhat difficult to believe.
But the real issue here is not writing in a simpler form per se, be it Romaji, Hiragana or Katakana. It is the countless homophones in Japanese that can only be...
Err, no.
The Takatsukis had no (long ranged) AA abilities until 1985 and only 2 of them got those. All they are good for is hunting subs, I doubt that their electronics suite from the late 60s and the 2 127mm guns are useful against any fast airborne targets.
The 2 first Hatsuyuki-class...
Indeed, something that gets mentioned a lot in "On the Beach" as well.
I was thinking about exposure or contamination when exploring their former home base. The Kola Gulf area must be glowing in the dark from hits and breached nuclear fuel storage sites.
Another potential reason for...
I can see the Typhoon having been out on patrol for a long time already before the exchange and thus exhausting their supplies.
Also their investigation of former home ports likely exposed them to some radiation.
What baffles me is the beaching (an intact sub is a much better bargaining...
Well, the falling apart was mainly due to the glue problems, since they had to change to untested ones as the factory that made the good glue was bombed out just before production. As far as I recall they eventually got the wood laminates to stay together. ^o^
If we postulate production start a...
You can bet that after 4 years of an absolute CDU/CSU majority the Green party would be back. Don't see Germany turning into a 2 party system, way too diverse positions of the electorate.
Pretty much what everybody else said, a classic space elevator with the PoD and target dates specified is not possible.
A Space Fountain would be feasible, given the political and financial will. It doesn't require any unobtainium to be build. ^o^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fountain
I think the release of party/Hitler plans to the west pretty much rules out a putsch by other Nazis with maybe the exception of Goering.
So the most likely suspects are indeed the military.
It's been done...
This is, with the little detail of the PoD very much what the most excellent book "Disapora" is all about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)