fly wheels

>> It would be easy, if the habitat were attached to another,
>> non-rotating
>> mass.

Translation: if you can do the hard part it's easy. Rotation speeds at
the rim exceed 100 mph. You have to be pretty close to generate power.
If you make contact with the non-rotating mass it's going to make your
average major earthquake look pretty nice by comparison.

If the dinosaurs had a space program, they'd still be here.

Al Globus
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html