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| rdfs:comment | - A spaceship has been damaged and is Almost Out of Oxygen (or food or fuel). But then someone calculates that if they had one less crewmember, they just might make it back safely... Can also apply to circumstances outside of Science Fiction. Such incidents have even happened in real life, involving sailors in lifeboats running out of food or freeboard. These seldom involved any fine calculations, just desperate people willing to do anything to live a bit longer. Those who travel on spaceships are presumed to be a different breed, or perhaps they're just more educated; therefore expect a Lottery of Doom or Heroic Sacrifice.
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| abstract | - A spaceship has been damaged and is Almost Out of Oxygen (or food or fuel). But then someone calculates that if they had one less crewmember, they just might make it back safely... Can also apply to circumstances outside of Science Fiction. Such incidents have even happened in real life, involving sailors in lifeboats running out of food or freeboard. These seldom involved any fine calculations, just desperate people willing to do anything to live a bit longer. Those who travel on spaceships are presumed to be a different breed, or perhaps they're just more educated; therefore expect a Lottery of Doom or Heroic Sacrifice. See also No Party Like a Donner Party. Note: Please do not include discussions on the short story The Cold Equations on this page. Post them on the page for that story. Examples of Cold Equation include:
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