Re: Getting a full 1g on the moon using a circular track (or other small planets)

From: Mike Combs (mikecombs_at_nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

To: sci-space-tech@moderators.isc.org
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:48:51 -0600

"WLM" <wlm@post.com> wrote in message
news:1107964272.784304.127960@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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> If humans need a full one Earth gravity after all, a lunar
> settlement could provide that, at least part of the time. Build a
> circular track on the surface, with a radius of 1 km. and tilted.
> Then have cars travel around the track at the appropriate speed, and
> one has full Earth gravity on the Moon.

I could see an exercise room, or perhaps even a small gymnasium. But you
said "settlement". That to me means tens of thousands of people and growing
your own food etc. I just don't see all that happening in a railroad car.

It's so much easier to just build a rotating pressure vessel in orbit, which
can provide whatever level of "gravity" is desired. 

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Mike Combs
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