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Re: Now THIS is classic space!
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:13:53 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
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> VERY NICE!! I downloaded each pic so that I can examine each one in fine
> detail. I really liked all the detail and the way you worked out the
> confined space so well.
Thanks!
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> One question to the general public: Why do we never see excercise rooms?
> Certainly these would be essential for extended deep space mission with
> microgravity conditions. Or does this ship continue to accelerate until it
> hits a "halfway" point, turn end over end 180 degrees to point the engines
> in the direction of motion, and then fire the engines to decellerate the
> ship, thereby providing a modest amount of gravity for most of the trip. I
> believe this was done in Arthur C. Clark's 2063 (3rd installment out of 4 in
> the space oddessy series).
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> I just think that these 50s-style rocket ships are a perfect example of this
> type of an application. Thoughts?
Exercise rooms: In all of the 50's sci-fi books I've read, or in the movies
I've seen, they've never even mentioned excercise. I don't think the concept
of muscle and bone deterioration due to weightlessness had even occured to
people back then. But for more modern ships, definitely a good idea.
Acceleration: For a short trip - say to the moon or even Mars or Venus -
this is definitely the way to go. But for longer trips (like the 2-year one
the Pathfinder has planned) you have to deal with weightlessness. Not only
will the ship be "on station" for a while, but even atomic rockets have to
carry fuel, and that is not limitless.
- Paul
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| (...) VERY NICE!! I downloaded each pic so that I can examine each one in fine detail. I really liked all the detail and the way you worked out the confined space so well. One question to the general public: Why do we never see excercise rooms? (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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