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Re: Where's all that gravity coming from?
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 14:11:08 GMT
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In article <G9x4w1.71E@lugnet.com>, Damraska <Damraska@Excite.com> wrote:
> You could also build a ship with three components: central drive, fuel
> module, and crew module. Under thrust, the fuel and crew modules sit on top
> of the drive. When stationary (or not accelerating), you spin the drive and
> reel the other two modules out on tethers in opposite direction.
Ooooh, tethers. I like that idea. Though I dunno how to build it in Lego. :)
In fact, one could do something like this where both sides are habitation
modules, and have an "elevator" that climbs and descends the tethers should
minifigs need to go back and forth.
> Maybe the cold of space will inhibit the chemical reaction. Or accelerate
> it. Or cause parts of the superstructure to congeal into POOPs and BURPs.
Hm, do BURPs block high-energy particles?
> I guess the shield could sit on top of the sphere, sort of like a mushroom
> cap. I think any ship, no matter what it looks like, can take advantage of
> the slingshot to some degree. How about three nested spheres: outer for
> the drive, middle for the shield, and inner for the crew quarters. Still
> ugly to build.
Indeed. And a sphere's worth of shielding sounds terribly heavy to have to
haul around.
> By the way, we left out potentially the most efficient fuel of all:
> antimatter. Of course, collecting a usable amount will require a lot of
> colliders...
Colliders I can put on planets and moons and asteroids and not have to
carry them with me.
On the other hand, this theory means I'm never going home.
-JDF
--
J.D. Forinash ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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