Grav Plates

A thread of 2 messages, 25 August 1992 to 26 August 1992, in the order they were sent.

#4574 Grav Plates

Richard Johnson · 25 August 1992

We all know that in MT we can control gravity--sort of.

My question is, what does a gravitic field look like?  Does it's
flux fall of 1/r^4?  Is is hyperbolic, spherical, or what?  All
these things matter, both to space doctors (who have to put up
with sickness caused by 1g on feet, .25 g on head type illnesses)
and astronomers, who want to know what the image of A-(R-alpha) is
after passing around the induced gravity of the ring.
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Richard Johnson      [email removed]
The thing about the number 2, like pi and e, giving it such power is that
it is part of a small, conspiratorial, cabal of universal constants that
control everything.

#4579 Re: Grav Plates

Mark F. Cook · 26 August 1992 · reply to #4574

In Archive-Message-Number: 4574 Richard Johnson writes:

> My question is, what does a gravitic field look like?

It looks a lot like an Oregon grass-seed field in October, except
it's a deeper shade of purple and the ribbing around the edge is much
more pronounced (which explains why it's so bumpy for TL9 spacecraft
leaving and re-entering one). :^)

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