Activity for T3db0t‭

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Question	—	Could a Stanford torus rotate on an additional axis to give it a diurnal cycle? Suppose you have a regular old Stanford torus space station with a 'glass ceiling' rotating at 1.3 RPM. Put it in orbit around a star such that its axis of rotation intersects the star (in other words, the plane of the torus is tangent to its orbit). Now add another axis of rotation along that tange... (more)	—	almost 5 years ago
Question	—	Would the rotation of the starfield from a ring station be too disorienting? The Coriolis effect on a ring-shaped space station gets the most attention, but disregarding that, would the rotation of the starfield be too disorienting? A 1km radius station at 1G simulated gravity rotates just under once a minute. That's pretty damn fast. The starfield in your vision would be ru... (more)	—	almost 5 years ago