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If the floor is curved, then the direction of gravity would not be perpendicular to the floor (except at the exact apex of the curve), so you'd have a weird sen
by tnorthcutt 5y ago
If the floor is curved, then the direction of gravity would not be perpendicular to the floor (except at the exact apex of the curve), so you'd have a weird sensation of standing on a slope all the time.
Instead, you'd probably want either a non-curved structure, or a flat false floor inside of it that is perpendicular to the direction of gravity. That would probably work ok though, since it would give you an easy place to run e.g. cabling, air handling, fluids, etc.
- matthewdgreen 5y ago>so you'd have a weird sensation of standing on a slope all the time. I mean, lots of people live on slopes here on Earth. It's actually a pretty desirable terrain, as long as you're not farming it. You can see in many of the toroidal stations that the hillsides are terraced and treated like slopes.
- tnorthcutt 5y agoSure, but as you mentioned, they're usually terraced, and you wouldn't e.g. build a house on a slope without leveling the site first, so your floors are perpendicular to gravity.
- jayd16 5y agoWell sure, but that doesn't sound weird at all.
- Robotbeat 5y agoYou need the edges to be curved for structural reasons. It’s also a giant pressure vessel and pressure vessels don’t take right angles very efficiently. Also, gentle hills are fine.