Gollum@feddit.org to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHow did gravity worked on the Death Star?feddit.orgimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoCould also be spin gravity, with the feet pointing outwards.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt doesn’t spin, otherwise the laser becomes… pointless.
minus-squareparadox2011@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI feel like there’s a pun semi-buried here…
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNot if the center of the laser dish is one of the poles.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoYes but once you start spinning you want to keep spinning, and that kinda fucks with turning in any direction because of the angulam momentum.
minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoCould still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked
minus-squareValenThyme@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoa tidally locked orbit like that isn’t going to generate 1g of force though. Earth’s tidally locked moon only rotates once every 27 days.
minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s manned by military personel who should expect not having comfortable 1g all the time (either way doesn’t matter as Star Wars has magic gravity anyways)
Could also be spin gravity, with the feet pointing outwards.
It doesn’t spin, otherwise the laser becomes… pointless.
I feel like there’s a pun semi-buried here…
Not if the center of the laser dish is one of the poles.
Yes but once you start spinning you want to keep spinning, and that kinda fucks with turning in any direction because of the angulam momentum.
Could still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked
a tidally locked orbit like that isn’t going to generate 1g of force though. Earth’s tidally locked moon only rotates once every 27 days.
It’s manned by military personel who should expect not having comfortable 1g all the time (either way doesn’t matter as Star Wars has magic gravity anyways)