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ginger:
--- Quote from: Prodigal Son on March 05, 2016, 09:45:02 PM ---Do the scifi movies with rotating spacecraft waste an inordinate amount of energy do so?
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The speed at which they rotate would do fuck all in terms of providing lift. So, yes.
Prodigal Son:
The ones in space used to provide gravity on ship though?
Narcoleptic Insomniac:
They just need propulsion to initiate the spin. Once it gets going it will keep spinning if it's in a vacuum.
ginger:
--- Quote from: Narcoleptic Insomniac on March 07, 2016, 08:45:46 AM ---They just need propulsion to initiate the spin. Once it gets going it will keep spinning if it's in a vacuum.
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Correct. No force required means no energy expended.
ediotism:
--- Quote from: Prodigal Son on March 06, 2016, 10:51:26 PM ---The ones in space used to provide gravity on ship though?
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to maintain constant gravity in space, the spaceship needs to continuously accelerate its spin....
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