Talk:Rotating wheel space station
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Know of a good source on the physics of a rotating wheel space station?
editDoes anyone know of a good source on the physics of a rotating wheel space station? I'm thinking equations for artificial gravitational force as a function of the diameter of the "floor" surface and the spin velocity as most important. But other factors such as stress loads (and requisite mass of structural members) to resist the centrifugal forces would also be of interest. In both cases, I think it would make the article more interesting. Cheers. N2e (talk) 23:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Startopia?
editis Startopia notable for this? it's a space station game where you must rebuild a wheel space station (its jet engines presumably intact)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.173.12.68 (talk • contribs) 2015-08-10T14:43:11
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Moonraker
editThe space station in Moonraker, while not a wheel, used axial thrusters to begin (and as part of the culmination of the plot, stop) rotation to create artificial gravity. Nsayer (talk) 05:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Elysium
editElysium isn't a Stanford Torus because it's too big and has an open center. But it's not a Bishop Ring, as one editor put it, because Bishop rings are an order of magnitude larger and generally sit at Lagrange points. So I edited to say it's between and hopefully that will put the issue to bed. Unless it just shouldn't be an issue and we should just take out any reference to its real-world hypothetical equivalents. Thanks! Rvanarsdale (talk) 18:34, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- The Elysium habitat has no features that makes the Stanford Torus distinct from other wheeled stations (it's not a torus, for example, it doesn't have spokes & hub). However, it does have the unique aspect of the Bishop Ring, the open "roof" and flat "floor". While the movie example is physically impossible, that's Hollywood, it doesn't change what they were clearly trying to mimic. -- PaulxSA (talk) 12:20, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Change article name
editHi there together. I think this article is named to narrowly. It should be called Rotating space station, or an even more inclusive title, including other artificial gravity creating space station concepts.
Yours, Nsae Comp (talk) 08:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)