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Re: Where's all that gravity coming from?
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:57:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:
> I don't believe that gravity generators will ever be a viable
> technology.
Yeah, that may be so. I can imagine artificial gravity being created by an
electromagnetic field but it that takes lot's of energy and creates radiation.
> However, since humans seem to function better with at least some exposure to >gravity, that needs to be provided in some way.
Yes, or else space fellars will get muscle atrophy.
<snipped lots of good tech stuff>
You offered a lot of great points. It is hard to get a functional cylinder
shape for minifig scal. You could kind of fudge it with the UFO saucer
pieces making a full circle and mounted sideways? The new click hinges are
great for octagons, too.
Dan
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| (...) Won't be a problem when we discover the subatomic particle that's the basis of gravity--like an electron but for gravity! Then you'll just need a wee atom smasher on your ship to liberate some extra ones =) Peter (26 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | Where's all that gravity coming from?
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| I don't believe that gravity generators will ever be a viable technology. Even if it were possible to create such a thing, they would likely cause a lot of undesirable effects. So I try to design my MOC's (at least my more recent ones) to be viable (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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