Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe artificial gravity generators never seem to get destroyed in space battles.message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down19
arrow-up1307arrow-down1message-squareThe artificial gravity generators never seem to get destroyed in space battles.Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoJust flip around halfway and start slowing down! Free acceleration / deceleration gravity.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoWell, not free. Acceleration usually requires a bunch of energy. I guess if you have to do it anyway then it’s a really convenient side-effect.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·24 hours agoThey actually do that in The Expanse.
minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 hours agoThat would be why I brought it up, yes.
Just flip around halfway and start slowing down! Free acceleration / deceleration gravity.
Well, not free. Acceleration usually requires a bunch of energy.
I guess if you have to do it anyway then it’s a really convenient side-effect.
They actually do that in The Expanse.
That would be why I brought it up, yes.
Oh ok, got you