Construction methods

Imagine docking to a rotating station as well. I tried this in Elite once,
not as trivial as it might appear.

Brian

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And in terms of rotating wheels, can those actually be built and rotate
in a stable rotation without being off axis and rotating out of control
? It would require very even mass distribution around the rim.


There was a short story I read, probably 30 years ago in Omni that
involved a rotating space station that developed a rather severe mass
distribution imbalance and the efforts it took to save the station.

Quite interesting, but I don't recall any more details.


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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Imagine docking to a rotating station as well. I tried this in Elite once,
not as trivial as it might appear.


Actually probably not all that hard. Come up close, match attitude and then
match rotation.
Brian


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