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I can counter this concept about the tumbling meaning it cannot be an active vessel thus: The vessel proceeds in a length aligned manner during its long interst
by clort 9y ago
I can counter this concept about the tumbling meaning it cannot be an active vessel thus: The vessel proceeds in a length aligned manner during its long interstellar traverse under the supervision of an AI which does not care about the time taken and when it nears a star system, its occupants are woken (or created) and a small bit of reaction mass is emitted in order to rotate and provide gravity for them. As it leaves the system, the occupants can go back to sleep and the rotation is halted while it proceeds to the next system.
I'm not saying that its a vessel, just saying that if it is one, then it presumably has some level of active ability, which could include the above. Thats not so far from Rama, actually.
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- Santosh83 9y agoBut it could rotate about its long axis for artificial gravity no? Seems more "natural"...
- clort 9y agoCoriolis effects would be more pronounced with a smaller radius? Also, the rotational speed would need to be a lot higher to get the same gravitational effect, so the effects might end up many times greater. Its difficult to suggest what conditions these hypothetical aliens would need, of course..
- valuearb 9y agoThe reddit thread has the following calculation. "At a spin rate of 1 rotation every 7.3 hours and a radius of 200 metres, an object on the inner surface of the very end of the "spaceship" would experience gravity at 0.000001g" That's really far to small to simulate any type of artificial gravity.
- AdamJacobMuller 9y ago0.000001g doesn't even seem like its enough to make liquids pourable.
- mrfusion 9y agoMaybe it’s still spinning up to a higher rate?
- clort 9y agoAs its already passed through the system (I think?) that would be spinning down.. though realistically for my scenario, it would fully exit the system before it did that.