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Brother Buzz

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4. Centripetal motion

Reply to Quackers (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 06:13 PM

Jul 2016

Stanley Kubrick demonstrated how wonderfully it worked for us in 1968. Silly me, I just assumed they incorporated this simple physics law into the space station.

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The mysterious syndrome impairing astronauts’ sight [View all] Quackers Jul 2016 OP

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The dream of mankind conquering and occupying space is crumbling in the face of reality. Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #2

Machines will have to do it for us. thucythucy Jul 2016 #3

Nonsense. bananas Jul 2016 #7

Maybe not, but... Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #8

Every sentence in your post is wrong. bananas Jul 2016 #10

Every sentence in your post is wrong. Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #12

Right, because you know the future. GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #20

Centripetal motion Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #4

To produce one G Stryst Jul 2016 #5

Well, maybe they could just spool it up until they find the level of gravity that suits them Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #6

We'll played, Brother SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #11

Is that assuming a 0G environment? Quackers Jul 2016 #13

At 24 rpm, the Gravitron produces a centrifugal force equivalent to three times the force of gravity Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #14

Good question. Quackers Jul 2016 #15

Even on earth, a carousel employs a remarkably puny motor Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #16

Here's a good overview of the subject. Stryst Jul 2016 #18

Well, it looks like NASA needs to recruit Gravitron carny workers.... Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #19

All you need to know about spinning spacecraft... hunter Jul 2016 #17

just fake it jakeXT Jul 2016 #9