Timeline for Will a machine or a technique ever be possible that allows artificial gravity in interplanetary space?
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| Mar 16, 2011 at 4:51 | comment | added | Dan Brumleve | Still probably a good idea to bolt down the furniture. | |
| Mar 16, 2011 at 3:55 | comment | added | David Cary | Why do you need to turn off the engines before turning around? With unlimited budget, you can afford to waste a few seconds worth of fuel leaving the engines on during the turn (and wiggling a little afterwards to compensate for that sideways thrust). | |
| Mar 16, 2011 at 1:44 | comment | added | Dan Brumleve | Two gotchas: in the former case you eventually have to start decelerating again (off, turn around, and back on again?), and in the latter case you have a Coriolis force which may be somewhat uncomfortable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Birds_(short_story%29 | |
| Mar 16, 2011 at 1:14 | history | answered | Lawrence B. Crowell | CC BY-SA 2.5 |