"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

:"Len Lekx" wrote in message
.. .
: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:30:42 +0100, jacob navia
: wrote:
:
: Building something that spins and generates 1 g like in 2001 means its
: going to have to be huge, as studies have shown that unless it's around
: 400' in diameter the crew are going to get sick as they move around
:Exactly. That is why human space travel will have to wait
:until we can build huge spaceships.
:
: Not really - put two ship-sections on the end of a tether, and swing
: them around their center-of-mass like a bolo. You've got gravity AND
: a small ship.
:
:And other issues. Such as how do you perform in-flight maneuvers?
:

Reel in the weight, maneuver, reel it back out, and respin.

:
:And what happens if you can't keep the line taught.
:

Then you have much bigger problems, since that would mean that the
basic laws of physics had broken down.


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