Zero G manufacturing

Zero-G (or, "micro-G"), is simply a matter of choice.

We do what works best.. and sometimes that works best of all.

George
http://www.cygo.com/

>
> Let me offer some clues:
>
> -- Spinning test tubes used in chemistry and med labs.
> -- You can spin things to whatever gravity you want to produce
> -- closed laboratory conditions on board
> -- the entire manufacturing plant spinning at earth G if desired ot
needed
>
> There is no zero-G, Mike. Get that out of your head.
>
> There is no EVA scenario, except on extremely rare emergencies.
>
> We can go over moon's gravity. We can go below it. But moonies
can't go
> below.. and sticking popcorn in space suits doesn't work.
>
> lol
>
> The moon and Mars are the Nevada's of space. They have nothing
marketable
> except tourism, gambling, and prostitution and most everything has to be
> imported.
>
> Take it to Wall Street and they'll laugh in your face.
>
> > George,
> > It is clear that you have never thought about some of the most simple
> > processes that we use daily at both home and in industry and how those
> > processes are not available in zero G. The issue is not simply where
> > the resources are located there is also an overriding question
about if
> > we can use the resources. So lets take a look at the simplest of
> > processes. What happens when we apply heat to an object in this
case a
> > liquid.
> >
> > If I turn a burner on under a pot, I will soon notice that there is
> > movement in the water. These are thermal currents. Basic
> > physics/chemistry heat causes molecules to move more making them less
> > dense. Less dense molecules are lighter than denser molecules.
So the
> > dense ones sink and the light ones rise. The ones that sink are now
> > near the heat source and so get heated and start to rise. The light
> > ones that went to the top lose energy and sink. This produces a
mixing
> > motion and evenly heats the liquid. Other types of molecules added to
> > the liquid are evenly dispersed because of the built in agitation.
> >
> > Now take away gravity. What happens when a liquid is heated becomes
> > much more complicated and hard to understand. But what is certain is
> > that there is no such thing as heated molecules rising and cooler
> > molecules sinking. There is no up and down. There is no intermixing.
> > The liquid will not stay near the heat source.
> >
> > Putting all industrial processes in a rotating frame to simulate
gravity
> > has all sorts of problems. I my mind the most problematic is
feeding
> > raw materials into a rotating frame and getting them back out without
> > losing control of the rotating system. That is going to take a
lot more