Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Question to you all.....

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laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
>
> > Truthfully, the amount of thrust required to spin the
> > spacecraft around the center of gravity would be
> > negligable with real physics.
>
> I am not a physicist, but....doesn't that depend on the size
> of the ship and the time scale?

Sure thing.

If you use 1 turn = 1 hr,
> yes, I can see that; but if it's 1 turn = 30 seconds....

But then you have to decide if it is even reasonable to turn any ol'
ship
180 degrees in 30 seconds.  At which point you are also setting limits
on
what you accept and do not accept, reasonable or realistic they may or
may
not be. There comes a point when certain things just have to be
abstracted
out a bit in order to reduce other artificialities.

Mk