Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now
by rsheridan6 on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:14AM
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That would be fun until you had to take a piss.
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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now
by gravitycop on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:25AM
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Indeed. Moving away from the axis-of-rotation increases acceleration. When you are ready, you can go back to zero-g, or .5 g, or 1 g, or 1.5 g, etc. Instead of having to pay thousands of dollars each for airplane parabola rides, it is all right there.
For the same reasons that ski bums live near ski slopes, zero-g bums might live near zero-g. When you live in a spinning orbital habitat, you can have rapid inexpensive access - a veritable season pass - to a variety of acceleration levels.