Re: S:AAB USS Saratoga specs

Ndege Diamond wrote:
> http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2760/exhibit.htm
> has some nice blueprints and some not so nice screen shots.

	Phooey.  Does the Sarasota have artifical gravity?

	If not, then these otherwise quite nice blueprints suffer
	from that tired old flaw, the "wet navy deck layout"
	syndrome.

	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). 

	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.