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This tag should be used for questions related to Robert Heinlein's 1963 novel "Orphans of the Sky," though it may also be useful in the context of questions dealing with the 1941 short stories "Universe" and "Common Sense," from which the novel was derived.

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Structure of Heinlein's ship Vanguard (Orphans of the Sky)

Your initial conclusion is right, and I think you are mistaken about some of the contradictions mentioned. The criminal non-crew people living in low gravity are refereed to as "Muties", a slang for …
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