![]() The idea is that, if done well, the person in the centrifuge will not notice the spinning motion, they will only notice the acceleration (and with all the other stuff going on in Mission Space, it makes that feeling easier). A centrifuge spins at a set velocity, mimicking the constant acceleration felt on the way to orbit (see above). ![]() Now that we get the physics behind the real thing, we come to why and how it works here on the ground for simulators (such as Mission Space). Thus, the constant feeling of about 3 Gs until you are near orbital velocity. Since the rocket has much more mass than a person, it takes much longer for the rocket to reach higher speeds. ![]() As your body accelerates, it is travelling at a much higher rate of speed. Gs measure the amount of force felt during the acceleration. Yes, that seems low for a real space launch, but, you have to remember that the launch is a steady acceleration to orbital velocity. I have heard from various sources, including the Mission Space web site, that the Gs pulled are 3 - about the same felt by the astronauts during a Shuttle launch. If you find you need to use the word "if" a lot in a reply, stop and ask the sender to resend his request being more specific. Swamped by email when you get back from the World? Send hasty off the top of your head snippets, say you will get back later if there are uncompleted parts. ![]() People would wait in the regular and fastpass lines in the normal fashion and when 24 (? each cluster or centrifuge has six cars that hold 4 people each?) people have stood aside at the boarding area for the chicken session, they are all boarded at once and the ride runs slower for that ride cycle just for them. By reducing the RPM, all other things being equal, the G force is reduced.Ī useful idea (anyone agree?) is to have a "chicken session" every now and then. I too would like to know what the maximum G force is. I rode Mission Space once (probably never again) and although I could "lift" my head from the seat headrest, it was difficult. I don't know how to equate MPH with G force although I could equate MPH with RPM if I knew the radius of the centrifuge (which I don't). ![]()
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