On 18 Dec 2005 10:18:18 -0800, "Rusty"
wrote:


Christopher wrote:
Just been reading about the coriolis force produced, and how big a
space ships spinning wheel has to be to get 1g.

If you were in a spacecraft designed with a wheel 1,500' in
diameter-plus a second one going the other way to negate the toque
[think of the shape of the ship in the movie 'Red Planet]- spinning at
1 - 2 rpm so it is a comfortable 1 g where you are, would it feel like
you were here on Earth i.e. you would feel nothing of the g forces?

--

Christopher

...and would it affect the direction the water swirled when it went
down the space station toilet?

;-)

Well so long as the water, and it's...content went down to pan like
here in Earth's 1g it wouldn't bother me at all which 'direction' it
went. ;-)



--

Christopher