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Article #7720Re: The vestibular system in rotating structures
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1986 03:52
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Organization : California Institute of Technology Keywords: From: jon@oddhack.Caltech.Edu (Jon Leech) Path: oddhack!jon In article <12251039742.21.SOTOS@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> SOTOS@sumex-aim.arpa (John Sotos) writes: >... So, if you allow a maximum rpm of 3 >and try to produce earth gravity in your space colony, you have to >have a structure with a very large radius (it's an easy calculation, >if you remember how to do it!). Clearly, pseudo-gravity will not be >possible for a Mars trip in a reasonably sized spacecraft. We can obtain arbitrarily large radii by connecting two modules with a cable. It should be straightforward to see if a combination of 1g and low enough RPMs can be obtained with reasonable materials (Kevlar cable, perhaps?). I hate to think of the cable breaking, though... -- Jon Leech (jon@csvax.caltech.edu || ...seismo!cit-vax!jon) Caltech Computer Science Graphics Group __@/
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: The vestibular system in rotating structures Message-ID: <1101@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 22:52:42 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1101 Posted: Thu Oct 30 22:52:42 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 31-Oct-86 13:23:12 EST References: <12251039742.21.SOTOS@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> Reply-To: jon@csvax.caltech.edu (Jon Leech) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 20