directions in a space colony? Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: directions in a space colony?
# 13501 bylucioc@... on Dec. 9, 2014, 8:59 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
Well if you put a magnetic field going from one pole to the other of the
colony's rotation axis then a compass will work in there. =)
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> When living on the outside of a spinning thing (like a planet), it's
> easy enough to identify "North" and "South" along the spin axis, and
> then "East" (spinward) and "West" (antispinward).
>
> But when you live on the inside of a spinning thing (like a space
> colony), do the same conventions still make sense? Can I refer to
> "north" or "west" in a space colony?
>
> Thanks,
> - Joe
>
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Joe Strout
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spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
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Hi all,
When living on the outside of a spinning thing (like a planet), it's
easy enough to identify "North" and "South" along the spin axis, and
then "East" (spinward) and "West" (antispinward).
But when you live on the inside of a spinning thing (like a space
colony), do the same conventions still make sense? Can I refer to
"north" or "west" in a space colony?
Thanks,
- Joe