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#1 2004-06-16 18:21:56
- Bill White
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- Registered: 2001-09-09
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Re: Artificial gravity calculator - Does it work?
An interesting http://www.shunn.net/cv/toolbox/centrifuge.cgi]piece of software for simulated gravity.
This guy's story is pretty cool, too.
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#2 2004-06-17 10:55:58
- dicktice
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- From: Nova Scotia, Canada
- Registered: 2002-11-01
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Re: Artificial gravity calculator - Does it work?
You're the greatest--what a help! Thanks heaps for that.
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#3 2004-06-17 19:14:05
- Shaun Barrett
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- From: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
- Registered: 2001-12-28
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Re: Artificial gravity calculator - Does it work?
Hi Bill!
The calculator seems to work O.K.
I plugged in 1g and a rotation period of 60 seconds (i.e. one rotation per minute) and out popped a radius of rotation of just under 900m.
This is correct - or close enough, from memory, though I didn't do the arithmetic on this occasion.
Nice link. Thank you. 
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