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Put the bases at the poles ; that way there's no precessive forces to deal with. |
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//Put the bases at the poles// |
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For symmetry, you could put Poles at the bases too.
Pozdrowienia! |
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a1 is 100% correct. A widely known concept. That's why
most space stations even in the movies are of a 'hub, spoke
and rim' design. Zero gee at the hub, 1G at the rim. |
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Actually, I don't remember any planetary living-quarter centrifuges appearing in SF... with the *possible* exception of a story by James P Hogan, but I can't remember what it was. |
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More interesting would be non acceleration or inertial force, environment manipulated gravity designs. Most scifi just gives a future time and waves magic hands producing equipment with a switch. |
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Detailed imaginings can lead to new advancement paths. |
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