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Also, rotating cylinders might provide spin gravity without the lateral forces. Entry/exit access at the ends. The downside is the chaos that will ensue if the
by molsongolden 11y ago
Also, rotating cylinders might provide spin gravity without the lateral forces. Entry/exit access at the ends. The downside is the chaos that will ensue if the mechanism rotating the cylinder loses power and people/objects begin raining down. The raining down might only be an issue while under thrust though since objects might otherwise just float off the cylinder wall.
- AlphaSite 11y agoWould you need significant power once you're already in motion?
- ams6110 11y agoNo, just enough to overcome friction. What might be harder is keeping it all in balance. Also a large mass rotating is going to make directional changes for the entire spacecraft harder, due to the gyro effect.