RAMA Mobile Worldlet (final)

Rama is a fictional mysterious extraterrestrial vessel that is the subject and setting of the science fiction novel Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, and the later sequel trilogy by Clarke and Gentry Lee: Rama II, Garden of Rama, and Rama Revealed. It exists in a fictional future timeline of our own world. Rama is essentially a dark, featureless metallic cylinder, but is distinguished by its size: 50 km long and 20 km in diameter. Although it qualifies as a vessel, carrying an advanced propulsion system capable of interstellar travel, it is better described as a mobile "worldlet." The cylinder is mostly hollow; Rama's rotation around its long axis creates the illusion of gravity on the inner surface of the shell, in the style of an O'Neill cylinder, however the Coriolis effect produces odd effects when objects are not in contact with the hull. Rama is, for all intents and purposes, an artificial world, with a usable landscape, capable of supporting life.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Rendezvous
• Rama
• Clarke
• spacecraft
• cylinder

[GamingMill]

Only problem I have with this video is that in the book the 'spikes' opposite to the entrance are exactly that: sharp spikes. Otherwise, great video.

[monomorph1]

@GamingMill Actually the books describe them as horn-like not as just spikes. Which is why I made them look like this.

[scott93257]

Imagine a craft that was 31 miles long and 12 miles in diameter...Who's to say that craft like this do not exist somewhere..Space is big....there are other civilizations out there...

[flyingscience]

Whats the latest scoop on this being made into a movie .Has Morgan Freeman recovered from his accident to work on the movie?

[proffesornutbutter]

isn't the inside of Rama described as all one greyish colour and made of some kind of metallic material? I cant remember there being any fields or vegetation, apart from the single flower Pak picks up from the southern side of Rama

[izzynobre]

@monomorph1 the book makes it clear that the spikes are sharp and pointy. The narrator mentions Pak is afraid the tip of the horn might puncture the membrane in the skybike.

[bruzewski]

@scott93257 You should really convert yourself to metric when talking sci-fi.

[bruzewski]

@monomorph1 also i think you forgot the "ship airlock" (haven't read the other books yet so idk if it really is an airlock for ships) on the inside, i only see the three exits of the small airlocks.

[bruzewski]

@monomorph1 no because I'm doing a homework project on it right now, and I just reread the chapter where Jimmy was making sure to avoid the "points" of the horns. Other than that, holy crap nerdgasm.

[BenOfNebb]

@monomorph1 But it did say they came to geometrically perfect points that you could use to thread a needle.

[daydreammen]

bingo

[tuber00009]

Brilliant!



[mohameds100]

holo earth

[IshowFUNNYvids]

wow just got done with rama 2 a week ago and loved it and i noticed the geometrical shapes in New York arent collored. and also, i had a hard time figuring out the "tunnels" beneath the surface. Perhaps maybe in the future you can make the tunnels. GREAT JOOB!!