Re: S:AAB USS Saratoga specs

In message <3961D73C.1280FA0C@clark.net>
	  Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@clark.net> wrote:

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> 
>	Phooey.  Does the Sarasota have artifical gravity?

Must do - good 'ol 'lets put the arti-grav at 90 degrees to the main
thrust vector' cinematic design :-)

There's no actual artificial gravity on the deck plans - but there is a
'zero G chamber' on deck 8!
> 
>	If not, then these otherwise quite nice blueprints suffer
>	from that tired old flaw, the "wet navy deck layout"
>	syndrome.

Of course its a 'wet navy in spaaaceee' design - look at the gun
turrets!
>
>	Specifically: "down" is the direction the rocket exhaust
>	goes.
> 
>	You see how the Sarasota's decks are laid out?	It's
>	like an aircraft carrier.  On a carrier, "down" is
>	towards the center of the earth, and the carrier moves
>	at 90 degrees to the center of the earth (i.e,. along
>	the surface of the ocean).

They even include a pic of a wet-navy aircraft carrier for comparison
:-)

> 
>	At least as long as the carrier isn't imitating the
>	Titanic.
> 
>	But in a starship using rocket propulsion,
>	"down" is the direction the engine bells are facing,
>	just like on a Saturn 5.  The ship acts like it is
>	standing on its tail. 
> 
>	At least while the engines are firing, otherwise
>	everything is in free fall.
>
Hmm... given that it has a listed max accelleration of 3.8 g, that
artificial gravity must be pretty good!

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