Matthew Hagston wrote:
If you can make it spin fast enough (up towards
the speed of light) you should be able to create
gravity with out having the real mass required.
Creating a sort of virtual mass so to speak.
I realize there must be something wrong with my logic because
this seemslike such a simple solution, so I invite some
criticism here.
It would work, but there are certain engineering difficulties
associated with spinning a material disk fast enough that the
apparent mass per unit area would be large enough. Also,
there would be a gravity gradient from middle to rim that
might be troublesome. Also also, you really wouldn't want
to have an accident with the thing.
Maybe what you need is a *very* high-current, high-energy cyclotron.
You wouldn't want to have an accident with that either.
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