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WCDT 2121-2125 (13-17 Feburary 2012) QC in SPAAAAAAACE! Week 4
jwhouk:
I'm thinking more of suite-like quarters - a second set of bunk beds on a common wall, where the two sets are like berths in a sleeper train, with a doorway or a common bathroom between the two.
I still think she's got a "normal" room, whereas the guest ones are a bit smaller - they don't have to be heated/cleaned/whatevered as much, saving energy.
(EDIT: Notice also that the Lt.'s bunks had built-in drawers, while Marigold & Marten's had a separate "chest".)
Now for all the geeks out there - was Marigold's "fall" worse in the artificial 1g than it would have been on Earth?
jwhouk:
Also - I would disagree with Hanners. Even if you're tethered in a bag, it would probably feel a lot like sleeping on a waterbed. Which would sound, at least to me, like a good deal.
RyanW1019:
Although wouldn't it be awful to be strapped in so tightly that you couldn't move around? I know I often get uncomfortable lying in the exact same position for 20 minutes before I fall asleep.
And if the gravity is the same, there should be no difference. If anything, there's a greater likelihood that her fall would have been worse on Earth (i.e., the station might not be rotating fast enough to generate 1 full g, but is almost certainly not rotating faster than necessary for 1 g).
Akima:
Ouch! That's a nasty head first fall for Marigold. Even if Marten had super-fast reflexes, and facing the way he is, he'd only have seen Marigold falling at the last moment, I doubt he could had done anything effective.
--- Quote from: Schmorgluck on 15 Feb 2012, 17:57 ---Oh, and according to the Spincalc, the minimum radius for a comfy 1g environment in a spinning station is about 224 meters. It's easily smaller for weaker gravity.
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Spincalc obviously runs with an assumption that 2rpm is comfortable. My much larger estimate was based on the 1rpm that is generally quoted for comfort even of "highly susceptible" individuals. And yes, Atomic Rockets is a fantastic site, though nearly as much of a time-sink as TVTropes.
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 15 Feb 2012, 21:53 ---Now for all the geeks out there - was Marigold's "fall" worse in the artificial 1g than it would have been on Earth?
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Marigold would have fallen in a curved path instead of straight down, but she'd hit the floor just as hard. We don't know how the room is oriented in relation to the space station's spin, so we don't know whether the curve would be "along" the front of the bunks, away from the bunks, towards the bunks etc. If I have to guess, I'd go for the bunks being set "across" the direction of spin with Marten facing "down-spin". Marigold would be used to "down" being straight down, whereas the pseudo-gravity acting on her as she climbed into the bunk would have been "pulling" her backwards slightly, which no doubt caused her fall in the first place.
Edit: See Section 5 of this article.
Is it cold in here?:
Does the fact that guests have to double up mean that lots of people have come on board for the party?
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