lakes & ponds in a space colony

You could make it flow thermally, the sun would heat it at one point, so it
rises slightly, and it's possible to have pipes on the outside of the
structure which would be cooler to make it sink again; and that can
naturally set up a flow. It wouldn't be a very strong flow; but it might
well be worth doing; cooling the structure is one problem and this would
help with that.

With care you could make a circular river flow in a consistent direction I
think, but you'd have to be a bit sneaky.

On 10 October 2014 03:19, Joe Strout joe@... [spacesettlers] <
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> On 10/9/14 7:35 PM, Al Globus alglobus@... [spacesettlers] wrote:
>
> > One of the cool things you can do with waterways in a settlement and
> > ones that go completely around and join themselves, meaning you can swim
> > or boat indefinitely in one direction. Should have interesting
> > implications for races.
>
> Quite right! One thing I'm very curious about is what the currents
> would do in such a situation. Could you get a continuous current in one
> direction? Or would the water pretty much just sit there, with little
> current at all? I suspect the latter, but I don't think it's ever been
> studied well enough to say for sure.
>
> - Joe
>
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With care you could make a circular river flow in a consistent direction I think, but you'd have to be a bit sneaky.
On 10 October 2014 03:19, Joe Strout
joe@...
[spacesettlers]
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On 10/9/14 7:35 PM, Al Globus
alglobus@...
[spacesettlers] wrote:
> One of the cool things you can do with waterways in a settlement and
> ones that go completely around and join themselves, meaning you can swim
> or boat indefinitely in one direction. Should have interesting
> implications for races.
Quite right! One thing I'm very curious about is what the currents
would do in such a situation. Could you get a continuous current in one
direction? Or would the water pretty much just sit there, with little
current at all? I suspect the latter, but I don't think it's ever been
studied well enough to say for sure.
- Joe
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