Re: Gravity on TV (wasS:AAB USS Saratoga specs)

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:22:12 +0100 Chris Lucking <CLL@LGC.CO.UK> wrote:

> Steve Pugh wrote:
>> Of course the Saratoga has artificial gravity. It was on TV. All
ships on TV have artificial gravity. ;-) (Except for some Babylon 5 
ones which manage to produce 1g gravity via rotation regardless of the 
the rate of rotation or the length of the arm....) <<

> Heh. Once somebody calculated that if the rim of the Babylon 5 
station had one G, the gravity at the control room would be so small 
that the people would bounce around the room like helium filled ping 
pong balls... <

Maybe, _if_ the rim was supposed to be at 1g, which it isn't. C&C is 
supposed to be at about 1/3-g, even though everyone acts like it's 1g 
<g>. The inside of the main "carousel" section -- i.e., where the 
gardens, farms, etc., are -- is (I think) meant to be 1g. Down Below is 
higher-than-Earth-normal grav, which is one reason why it's unpopular 
with the "official" station inhabitants.
 
> Yet the control room doesn't rotate... <

As Steve replied, yes, it does, but the producers couldn't afford the 
FX budget to show the stars rotating when viewed through the main 
windows...

My sources for this stuff are comments by JMS in a variety of 
forums, and a reference book or two.
 
Phil
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