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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 24 Sep 1999 00:06:29 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> "Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> writes:
> > I've noticed that, even with a 4-pin docking support that the M3 has,
> > other craft of significant length and weight (say another M3), will pull • out
> > if unsupported, though the walls around the docking port of each module
> > survived okay. The real strength (and this could be true IRL) would be • how the
> > modules would be arranged, that is, using other modules to build a • stable
> > physical matrix, perhaps a cube or something similar, so that no one
> > connection is supporting all the mass.
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> If this is a space station, gravity isn't necessarily a concern.
> Connections could be weak if the station was assembled in orbit and
> stayed in orbit.
That's quite true. But I was thinking of situations where gravity would have
some small influence on the station itself, perhaps with cumulative effects
over time, such as being in a planet's orbit with a nearby moon pulling at it,
however slight, year after year. Such stress might eventually weaken the
connecting joints. Yet the minifigs should have _something_ to fix :-)
I also thought about another "what if" scenario such as, "what if the station
was rotating to provide gravity?" That would definitely cause stress.
But while all the above is nitpicking to be sure here in "Pretendland", I was
thinking more along the lines of fun, and being able to effectively endure
stresses inflicted during attack :-) Maybe it's not necessary though.
-Tom McD.
when replying, sprinkle catnip on a spamcake, sit back, and enjoy the fun!
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| (...) out (...) how the (...) stable (...) If this is a space station, gravity isn't necessarily a concern. Connections could be weak if the station was assembled in orbit and stayed in orbit. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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