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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 22:31:56 GMT
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"Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> writes:
> As far as my Fleet is concerned, they wear standard issue magnetic boots
> (Okay, studnetic?) to walk the ship :oD
I usually assume Velcro, which is what real astronauts today use.
> I like some of the ideas being explored here very much, but my favorite has
> to be the use of a controlled black hole or super gravity drive system. I
> think that Star Trek has Romulans using this method (Quantum Singularity
> Drive), though it is highly dangerous should containment break down. Placed
> in a central hull location or below all main decks, this would be THE
> solution. I seem to remember some Roswell alien technology theories my
> crazier friends look into about a gravity projector drive similar to this,
> I'll have to look it up. Anywho, the drive has the ability to repel or
> attract the craft to any object or affect objects near or inside the craft.
> Like I said, I'll have to look into it.
Trouble is, gravity radiates out in all directions from a single point
(the center of mass). Unless your ship is spherical, it doesn't make
much sense - at the extreme ends of the ship you'd be walking up or
down a steep slope.
(lugnet.space.science anyone?)
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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