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I loved The Expanse. But you just made me wonder how the colony ship could possibly be practical, because it has to function in both those modes and I don't kn
by therealcamino 6y ago
I loved The Expanse. But you just made me wonder how the colony ship could possibly be practical, because it has to function in both those modes and I don't know how you'd design the interior spaces for that. Unless you had spaces that could only be used in one mode or another, which seems like a big waste.
- m4rtink 6y agoIt was built as an interstellar colony ship - even with the ridiculously powerful and efficient drive technology they have in the Expanse it would take many years, possibly decades after reaching cruise speed before it would break at the destination. So I assume the colonists would just wait in a part of the ship perpendicular to the thrust axis during the acceleration burn and then move from that section (which would be now in micro gravity) to the rotating section. Then in reverse for the deceleration.