Comments on: Real Artificial Gravity for SpaceX’s Starship https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/real-artificial-gravity-for-spacexs-starship Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Philip Raymond https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/real-artificial-gravity-for-spacexs-starship#comment-388117 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:29:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/real-artificial-gravity-for-spacexs-starship#comment-388117 Terrific tutorial on the need and mechanisms of artificial gravity. Matt’s explanation of GLS is enhanced by the details that he has already calculated — which help us to understand the approximate weights, burns, spin speeds, and effective gravity that results. I also liked his explanation of the problems with a loose cable –vs- a rigid truss.

]]>