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Why not just use rotation to generate artificial gravity via centrifugal force? I guess the answer could be that the sideways motion will drive you crazy due t
by EGreg 3y ago
Why not just use rotation to generate artificial gravity via centrifugal force?
I guess the answer could be that the sideways motion will drive you crazy due to coriolis forces? See 6 minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeMoaxUpWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeMoaxUpWk
But they can just substitute windows with monitors that compensate for the view.
Incidentally, the viewscreens on Star Trek etc. always had the ship right side up, so they probably compensated exactly in this way :)
- prerok 3y agoIn Star Trek they had gravity plating, so that defined which way is down. Needless to say, we have no idea yet how that would even be possible :) So, for now, the question is whether we can still do it without such a solution.