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flying humans
Topic Started: Oct 11 2010, 12:12 AM (2,257 Views)
Owl Streak
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Do you think that if people used there arms enough their arms could possibly support them if we developed flight?
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espesialy you dragon wasp!!!!


oh!, and you get mad at me!?!?!? not "FUDGE" ?
well for one i know you and two you are right Dont say fudge
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"No, the water is rotating along with the cylinder, inside it. The only thing I can think of that could affect the rotation is things like gravity gradient torque, and even that would be very long acting as well as probably unable to effectively remove all of the angular momentum of the cylinder."

Yeah, you're right. Silly me. :P

However, not all the angular momentum of the cylinder has to be removed for the environment within to be effectively zero-g.


"But the fact remains that if their technology is lost, they'll all die. It's a hydraulic society; it cannot survive without technological support. Losing artificial gravity is probably the least of their problems, if something extremely critical like temperature control or lighting fails."

Technology by the time the cylinder's rotation begins to slow is totally automated, no human monitoring is required. Lighting is provided by the sun, as is temperature control.

"While a gradual decline in gravity might help adaptation to microgravity, I doubt people would fare well in any acceptable amount of time."

What strikes you as an acceptable amount of time?

"It's a very fundamental change that no organism in the history of life on Earth has had to endure."

Aquatic organisms silly :D .

"Flapping flight is probably inefficient and too energy intensive; just pushing off stuff would probably be better."

Birds seem to do just fine with flapping flight (and I imagine that birds would do well in a zero gravity environment, given time to adapt)

Pushing wouldn't do much good for people stranded in the middle of the giant cylinder.
Edited by Spugpow, Nov 23 2010, 01:27 AM.
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