Timeline for Non-Spin Artificial Gravity
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18 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Apr 11, 2018 at 17:17 | comment | added | Disgusting | It wouldn't be reactionless as it does require a helluva lot of fuel to do it. Its just that energy production is much greater at this point in the future. | |
| Aug 20, 2017 at 22:32 | vote | accept | Disgusting | ||
| Aug 20, 2017 at 16:11 | answer | added | CSM | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 20, 2017 at 3:26 | comment | added | SomeoneSomewhereSupportsMonica | Alternatively, any force generated by the gravity re-appears as an equal and opposite force on the gravity generator. | |
| Aug 19, 2017 at 19:40 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | That's known as "a reactionless drive" AKA total annihilation of the conservation of momentum. | |
| Aug 19, 2017 at 16:53 | answer | added | Simon Bainbridge | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 19, 2017 at 5:40 | answer | added | Grant Entwistle | timeline score: -2 | |
| Aug 19, 2017 at 0:13 | comment | added | Tomáš Zato | If you're willing to handwave artificial gravity, you can also handwave the effect you mentioned. Because just as you just realized, artificial gravity means free thrust for the spaceship which uses it. Actually you can incorporate that into your world, having a spaceship which moves it's gravity generator around instead of using low power thrusters for fine navigation. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 22:45 | answer | added | Robyn | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 19:58 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 18:14 | answer | added | Neocognitron | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 15:33 | vote | accept | Disgusting | ||
| Aug 20, 2017 at 22:32 | |||||
| Aug 18, 2017 at 15:15 | comment | added | Disgusting | Magboots are a thing but they don't allow for pets, personal items, weaponry... etc | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:28 | comment | added | Matt Bowyer | Could you use a different force to simulate gravity? Make everyone wear ferrous clothing perhaps? | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:19 | answer | added | Metushael | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:09 | answer | added | Separatrix | timeline score: 26 | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:08 | answer | added | ZioByte | timeline score: 30 | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 13:58 | history | asked | Disgusting | CC BY-SA 3.0 |