Re: OFF-TOPIC mini review B5 Wars (Designers Comments)

Allan Goodall wrote:

> >The crew of the Alexander was not worried so much because of the fact
> >that the rotation would stop (it wouldn't effect the combat
capabilities
> >of the ship) but rather the fact that the crew was not set up for
zero-g
> >operations.
> 
> Hahahahaha! Zero-G is the LEAST of their problems. If that rotational
> section jams, what happens with all that angular momentum? Answer: the
rest
> of the ship starts spinning! 

Considering the mass and monentum, what would happen is the rest of the
ship would disintegrate...
One may assume that there are contra-rotating Flywheels that are
connected to slow things down.

The Really interesting bit is the phenomenon of Precession. Changing the
direction of things that are rotating is very difficult. They do odd,
counter-intuitive things. Try some experiments at home, and you'll see
what I mean.

> One of these days, TV shows will find it in their budget to hire
someone who
> knows at least SOMETHING of physics!

Nah. Never happen.
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