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Re: A few points
Posted By: Bachus <bachus@killerrobots.com>	Date: 1/9/00 4:24 p.m.
In Response To: Re: A few points (SiliconDream=PN=) > This is basically the opposite of what I did. I assumed the Halo > had Earth-normal gravity and calculated its escape velocity > accordingly--making that divide-by-2 error as I did so. BTW, you > can't assume that the Halo's and Earth's gravity strengths are > in the same proportions as their escape velocities. The Halo's > pseudogravity falls off in a very different way from a planet's; > also, for Earth you're calculating the velocity necessary to > coast to infinity but for the Halo you're calculating the > velocity necessary to reach the center. > Oh, and Joe Staten says it's miles, not kilometers. I asked him > if he was sure and he said yes, he really meant to say miles. > I think it's best to start with the assumption that the Halo has > Earth-normal gravity, not with anything about the escape > velocity. We can estimate the gravity from the movies we've > seen, but we know nothing about the escape velocity as yet > (except as can be calculated from the gravity). Ah. Well any changes to the calculations would be fairly easy. Just change a few numbers in the equations. And I didn't even think of the way escape velocity would be different since the Halo doesn't have true gravity. I'm not sure about this, but once you get above the atmospher, I don't think you'd feel any more effects of the artifical gravity. Centrifugal force only effects things tethered to the object(s) that is spinning. If you were to be stopped in the void between the ring, you'd only be affected by the ring's natural gravity. And of course, that would be pretty miniscule. More than likely, the escape pods weren't drawn into crashing on the Halo. They were aimed there so they'd have at least some chance of survival. - Bachus bachus@killerrobots.com

Message Index

A few points	SiliconDream=PN=	1/8/00 11:45 p.m.
Re: A few points	Mark Levin	1/9/00 12:30 a.m.
Re: A few points	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 4:00 a.m.
I saw it too.. I think...	DeusExMachina =PN=	1/9/00 4:13 a.m.
What I don't understand.	Manus_Lacatus	1/9/00 12:32 p.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	Mark Levin	1/9/00 1:26 p.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	Chris Huff	1/9/00 1:42 p.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	Mage	1/9/00 2:26 p.m.
Bungie is doing this on purpose...	Daft Shadow =PN=	1/9/00 3:19 p.m.
Re: Bungie is doing this on purpose...	Dr. Nick	1/9/00 4:37 p.m.
Re: Bungie is doing this on purpose...	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 5:38 p.m.
Re: Bungie is doing this on purpose...	Mage	1/9/00 6:00 p.m.
Re: Bungie is doing this on purpose...	Daft Shadow =PN=	1/9/00 6:19 p.m.
Re: Bungie is doing this on purpose...	Mage	1/9/00 9:13 p.m.
Ouch...	Daft Shadow =PN=	1/10/00 12:06 a.m.
Re: Ouch...	Draeger	1/10/00 6:14 a.m.
I can fly....really I can...(NT)	Magh Tuireadh	1/10/00 7:44 a.m.
After a mortar hit :) NT	Draeger	1/10/00 2:51 p.m.
Re: Ouch...	Someguy	1/10/00 3:24 p.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 3:52 p.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	Mage	1/9/00 4:15 p.m.
Heh we asked for it, but....	DeusExMachina =PN=	1/9/00 8:01 p.m.
Re: Heh we asked for it, but....	Magh Tuireadh	1/9/00 8:07 p.m.
Re: Heh we asked for it, but....	Otokam	1/9/00 8:35 p.m.
Gah....Gravity!	Magh Tuireadh	1/9/00 9:07 p.m.
Re: Gah....Gravity!	Otokam	1/10/00 2:55 a.m.
Really?	Magh Tuireadh	1/10/00 7:38 a.m.
Re: Really?	SiliconDream=PN=	1/10/00 4:18 p.m.
Unfortunately not...	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 9:40 p.m.
Hey, cool!	DeusExMachina =PN=	1/10/00 12:45 a.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	Magh Tuireadh	1/9/00 8:03 p.m.
Re: What I don't understand.	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 9:32 p.m.
Atmosphere?	Goat	1/9/00 4:19 p.m.
Re: Atmosphere?	Mage	1/9/00 4:20 p.m.
Re: I saw it too.. I think...	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 3:05 p.m.
Re: A few points	Bachus	1/9/00 4:08 a.m.
Re: A few points	Dead Glory	1/9/00 11:51 a.m.
Re: A few points	SiliconDream=PN=	1/9/00 2:57 p.m.
Re: A few points	Bachus	1/9/00 4:24 p.m.
Re: A few points	Mage	1/9/00 4:32 p.m.