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To: Professional Engineer
"Right angles are 153.627 degrees as well..."

An interesting place to work is the Thrust Ring. When we were on-planet, the floor was the washer-shaped flat wall of the cylindrical tube.

After we got into space and began rotating, the curved outer wall became the floor. The stairs and doorways tend to look odd, and I guess they always will.

801 posted on 01/04/2007 7:17:08 PM PST by NicknamedBob (My tuner doesn't have good taste the way it used to!)
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To: NicknamedBob

You've been to Rama I see.


805 posted on 01/04/2007 7:27:16 PM PST by Professional Engineer (Why bifocals? Font inflation. Today's 14 point is the same as 2 point was in 1957.)
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To: NicknamedBob
After we got into space and began rotating, the curved outer wall became the floor.

Sounds a bit like the ship in Out of the Silent Planet...

807 posted on 01/04/2007 7:29:28 PM PST by RosieCotton
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