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  Space station spin-outsJan 15, 2010 6:31 AM PST | url
 
Added 5 new A* comics:So the last daily here may look kinda funny. Maybe it'll help if you see it in action:
 
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Vero's moving from the non-spinning part of the station to the spinning part. The idea is that you hook onto the outer, slowest rotating ring, let that get you up to speed and give the effect of gravity through centrifugal force (or the tunnel wall gives it to the rider via centripetal force...I dunno physics gets confusing!), then you step onto the next, slightly faster one, then to the next, and then it's a pretty easy step into the concourse. The concourse is spinning at a little under 2 rpm, and with a 25 meter radius that gives it in effect about 0.1g of artificial gravity...or thereabouts. The approach tunnel sections are spinning at ~2 rpm, ~4 rpm, and ~6 rpm, respectively, but their radius is much smaller so the force is less.
 
I'm not 100% sure this would work but it sounds like it would! I've been on something similar with slidewalks of escalating speed: you step from regular floor onto a slow-moving belt, then from the slow one onto a faster one. Those are fun! Probably more fun that being spun around in loops. :P
 
The font used for the "Concourse 5" display lettering is a free font called "Neuropol."
 
And I thought the image of Selenis giving Vero the brush came out pretty well, so you'll find a large version in the gallery by clicking this tiny one:
 
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In the animated version she'll flick her fingers up all disdainfully, heh.
 
 
 
 
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