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One interesting idea I heard: Send starships in pairs. When in interplanetary coast attach each at the nose with a long (300+m) tether. Use RCS to start a spin.
by zionic 7y ago
One interesting idea I heard: Send starships in pairs. When in interplanetary coast attach each at the nose with a long (300+m) tether. Use RCS to start a spin. You can then simulate 1G the entire way.
- viklove 7y agoWhat are you building the starships out of that they can withstand those forces continuously over multiple years?
- nopzor 7y agowouldn't 1g of force be the same as they'd be subject to sitting on earth?
- cstross 7y agoStarships sitting on Earth are under compression. Starships hanging from one another's nose via a tether are presumably under tension, unless the tether is somehow anchored to the engine support structure at the base of each vehicle. So some non-trivial structural modifications would be required.