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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

There’s always magnetic bearings if that is your concern. I think it more likely engineering issues of being able to maneuver something which is a giant gyroscope and doesn’t want to turn.


5 posted on 07/19/2016 12:43:28 PM PDT by drbuzzard (All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
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To: drbuzzard

Would counter rotating wheels work?
I think that’s how some designs of helicopters fly without a tail rotor?


7 posted on 07/19/2016 12:44:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: drbuzzard

Question: Does the gyroscopic effect work in space?


13 posted on 07/19/2016 1:20:30 PM PDT by catbertz
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