[CT] Orbiters

[Dan Moran]

There was an hysterical episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where
the Enterprise used an asteroid as a gravity catapult. The FX showed the
Enterprise moving toward this Enterprise-sized asteroid, and then
swinging around it as though the asteroid were actually a massive black
hole.

For a couple years after that my friends and I would orbit one another
when we were bored. "Woah, dude, your mass is sending me off in a
slingshot orbit! Lay off the cheeseburgers!"

It was a simpler time.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: continuing-time-admin at ralf.org [mailto:continuing-time-
> admin at ralf.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Hunter
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:32 PM
> To: continuing-time at ralf.org
> Subject: Re: [CT] Orbiters
> 
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:38:50PM -0800, daveg <daveg at ddmi.he.net>
wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:30:36PM -0800, daveg
<daveg at ddmi.he.net>
> wrote:
> > > > > > Not free.  Taking rotational energy from planetary core.  By
way
> of planetary
> > > > > > EM field.
> > > > > so it should, in theory, slow down the earth's rotation,
which,
> > > > > according to this website I read the other day, reduce the
earth's
> > > > > gravity, thereby making the elevator even more efficient!  I
say
> do it!
> > > > Reduce gravity?  Gravity is function of mass.  Planetary mass
> doesn't change
> > > > because of lower rotational velocity.
> > > Relativity.
> > I don't Earth rotational velocity is sufficient to generate a
> > relativistic effect.
> 
> "Measurable".
> 
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