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You don’t need to construct a full ring, it can be disconnected sections over the full radius with struts or just a partial slice of the ring with a counter wei
by dogma1138 3y ago
You don’t need to construct a full ring, it can be disconnected sections over the full radius with struts or just a partial slice of the ring with a counter weight.
- schiffern 3y ago>just a partial slice of the ring with a counter weight AKA "Bolas," AKA "Barbell," AKA "Tumbling Pigeon" https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#tumblingpigeon https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav... I think the main reason people neglect this sort of design (which actually has a lot going for it) is because they don't look like that cool scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey.