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O'Neill Cylinders
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(06-02-2018, 10:34 PM)Deantwo Wrote: Assuming that the cylinder is spinning and not using another form of artificial gravity, entering through the windows would likely be really hard.

Depends how big it is.  The bigger the cylinder, the slower it needs to spin.  RPM = 30/pi * sqrt( g/r )

A cylinder with a 1 km radius would need to spin at 0.95 RPM to simulate Earth gravity.  Not hard to deal with; that's slightly slower than the second-hand on a clock. You could drop the speed down to 0.3 RPM by giving it a 10 km radius, if you don't mind it being planet-sized by Hazeron standards.
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O'Neill Cylinders - by Deantwo - 06-02-2018, 10:54 AM
RE: O'Neill Cylinders - by Minty - 06-02-2018, 07:51 PM
RE: O'Neill Cylinders - by Deantwo - 06-02-2018, 10:34 PM
RE: O'Neill Cylinders - by pizzasgood - 06-03-2018, 05:34 AM
RE: O'Neill Cylinders - by Deantwo - 10-14-2021, 08:45 AM

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