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All thru the ages, from the days of a trader on foot with a pack on his back, thru caravans, wagons, boats, ships planes and train to starships visiting other stars and continua craft visiting other times or timelines, some things remain constant.
The trade goods, or cargo impose limits on how much of what you can carry. The limits pretty much boils down to size & mass.
A block of aerogel may only weigh a few kilos, but occupy more space than is available. That's known as "bulking out". Where you can carry more weight but have run out of cargo space.
Contrawise, a 1 meter cube of platinum doesn't take much space, but at over 22 tonnes, may be all you can carry (or more). That's "massing out".
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The trade goods, or cargo impose limits on how much of what you can carry. The limits pretty much boils down to size & mass.
A block of aerogel may only weigh a few kilos, but occupy more space than is available. That's known as "bulking out". Where you can carry more weight but have run out of cargo space.
Contrawise, a 1 meter cube of platinum doesn't take much space, but at over 22 tonnes, may be all you can carry (or more). That's "massing out".
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