Gravity Wheel in USS Enterprise

Concept for a gravity wheel inside a 21st century USS Enterprise. Visit BuildTheEnterprise.org to learn how to build the 1st generation USS Enterprise over the next 20 year with 1g gravity. It's a spacecraft, a spaceport, and a space station all in one!

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[CharmingLordSausage]

The most accurate vision of a realistic starship is the ISV Venture Star from the film Avatar.

[freedbylove]

I bet aliens watching this are laughing it up, "We've been zipping by them for thousands of years and they still don't get it."

[adamhully]

We're laughing at certain species going "Haha they haven't even invented the wheel yet" Certain species are laughing at us going "Haha they haven't even invented the gravity wheel yet".

[Azarien]

with nuclear reactor, isn't that obvious? ;-)

[halvor9797]

and how are you going to power that thing?

[Fortstorm]

Sleeper ships are for pansies.

[Mike Blue]

it's a good idea but the access to the main engine with the two reactors will be with Weightlessness and that's great too because the occupants of the ship will be able to swicth one or another as they wish ^^

[dreadslayerCH]

Sure, they are doing it just for the laugh ;)

[Bert Visscher]

Does this use the theory which is explained in the YouTube video at v=4Bb627wkjmQ?

[TheMueslikrieger]

He's talking about conservation of rotational momentum because if you don't account for that you ship will in fact rotate counter clockwise.

[MrCalhoun]

Basic knowledge from Physics 101...

[Awbrfg55]

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