gilgsn
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Spaceship.
Spaceship.
Hum, I am an avid reader of science fiction, and there is something I've been wondering, in the same lines:
Let's imagine a spaceship in the shape of a cylinder, spinning on it's longitudinal axis. People live inside on the edge, and the spin gives them 1G. Now, I imagine that if they took a ladder to the center, they would experience decreasing Gs until they would float in the middle..
I assume that if they floated slowly back towards the edge, the air friction would give them back a spin and bring them back to the edge..?
Now, let's say the edges of the cylinder are open the the vacuum of space, no friction. Someone walking inside could jump up a few inches, but being spinning, they would fall back "down", maybe a very short distance from where they jumped.. But if they took the ladder to the center, then let go and floated back toward the edge, could they float a few feet from the ground as it passed beneath them?
Gil.
Spaceship.
Hum, I am an avid reader of science fiction, and there is something I've been wondering, in the same lines:
Let's imagine a spaceship in the shape of a cylinder, spinning on it's longitudinal axis. People live inside on the edge, and the spin gives them 1G. Now, I imagine that if they took a ladder to the center, they would experience decreasing Gs until they would float in the middle..
I assume that if they floated slowly back towards the edge, the air friction would give them back a spin and bring them back to the edge..?
Now, let's say the edges of the cylinder are open the the vacuum of space, no friction. Someone walking inside could jump up a few inches, but being spinning, they would fall back "down", maybe a very short distance from where they jumped.. But if they took the ladder to the center, then let go and floated back toward the edge, could they float a few feet from the ground as it passed beneath them?
Gil.