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Conedddd OP t1_j09gha3 wrote

Reply to comment by WictImov in Interesting thought about artificial gravity rings. by Conedddd

Yeah that makes sense. I assumed you wouldn't just float, because you'll just immediately be thrown back into the floor. But yeah its an interesting thought and I wonder how anything affected by this would be dealt with when we construct a gravity ring for real.

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MountainBrains t1_j0a9rrt wrote

Viewing the ring as a cross section you would be stationary, but your own experience would be like flying along the corridor. The closer you get to counteracting the rotational velocity the farther you would “fly” until you basically you are “orbiting” inside the ring. The air inside would push you though so as soon as you left the ground the air would start accelerating you back into the ring rotation.

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CremePuffBandit t1_j09sq00 wrote

The easiest way to mitigate the problem it is to make the ring bigger, so it has a larger tangential velocity for the same artificial gravity. It would be pretty hard to do for our first stations, but for future giant space habitats, it becomes less of an issue.

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Cradosskk t1_j0a3d4j wrote

Iirc, one of the biggest issues is the difference in gravity you experience across your body. If the difference is too great, people get nauseous. That puts as lower limit on how small the ring can be. When the ring gets big enough, it’s moving too quickly for walking the opposite way to be an issue. Assuming you’re planning everything around 1g.

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