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All parts would be spinning at the same angular velocity, so unless it's really far away from its centre of rotation (expensive, inconvenient) you'd experience

All parts would be spinning at the same angular velocity, so unless it's really far away from its centre of rotation (expensive, inconvenient) you'd experience more acceleration near the centre than at the edges. Maybe that doesn't matter.

scotty79 3y ago
One of the commenters here has the right idea. Train riding forever on circular slanted track could easily house some living spaces, offices and gyms. You could book a stay there for few weeks and after that feel like you are walking on air once you come back to normal life.
- Nevermark 3y ago
  Circular dome colony over a very large rotating space, running on concentric rings of superconducting rails. Spokes of slidable inner-outer weights to counter balance its residence’s movements. Running on reliable constant nuclear power, from a safe distance. Maximum gravity at the tilted edges. Only natural gravity at the center. Enter & exit from a tunnel that connects under the center. Aside from the challenges of location & distance from Earth, if we can build small mobile cities on water (mega cruise lines) on the untamed ocean in Earth gravity, surely a small stationary spinning platter city in low gravity is possible. I think humans are going to find out that one g has many uses besides health. Good for a lot of manufacturing too. Gravity is a stabilizer, vertical organizer, anchor. Just as low gravity will have many advantages. Being able to quickly “adjust” gravity, by moving location, will be significant.
  - eru 3y ago
    > Being able to quickly “adjust” gravity, by moving location, will be significant. Who is doing the adjusting and the moving? I don't think you'd want to move anything large. You'd build eg your factory in the environment where it's best; and build a second factory in a different environment, instead of moving them around. However, if you eg making computer chips, you might move those around between different environments, depending on the processing step.
    - Nevermark 3y ago
      Yes, I meant move materials and parts between g-force specific equipment. If entire factories needed to "move" up and down in g-forces, they should be in their own variable spin bowls! Not sure what kind of factory that would be.

scotty79 3y ago

One of the commenters here has the right idea. Train riding forever on circular slanted track could easily house some living spaces, offices and gyms. You could book a stay there for few weeks and after that feel like you are walking on air once you come back to normal life.

Nevermark 3y ago
Circular dome colony over a very large rotating space, running on concentric rings of superconducting rails. Spokes of slidable inner-outer weights to counter balance its residence’s movements. Running on reliable constant nuclear power, from a safe distance. Maximum gravity at the tilted edges. Only natural gravity at the center. Enter & exit from a tunnel that connects under the center. Aside from the challenges of location & distance from Earth, if we can build small mobile cities on water (mega cruise lines) on the untamed ocean in Earth gravity, surely a small stationary spinning platter city in low gravity is possible. I think humans are going to find out that one g has many uses besides health. Good for a lot of manufacturing too. Gravity is a stabilizer, vertical organizer, anchor. Just as low gravity will have many advantages. Being able to quickly “adjust” gravity, by moving location, will be significant.
- eru 3y ago
  > Being able to quickly “adjust” gravity, by moving location, will be significant. Who is doing the adjusting and the moving? I don't think you'd want to move anything large. You'd build eg your factory in the environment where it's best; and build a second factory in a different environment, instead of moving them around. However, if you eg making computer chips, you might move those around between different environments, depending on the processing step.
  - Nevermark 3y ago
    Yes, I meant move materials and parts between g-force specific equipment. If entire factories needed to "move" up and down in g-forces, they should be in their own variable spin bowls! Not sure what kind of factory that would be.