Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 09:28:52PM -0400, David Hobby wrote:
>
> > Appeal to Authority: Rama had air at the axis, and Clarke was usually
> > good on physics.
>
> Rama had a radius of about 8km. They entered near the axis and began
> descending in spacesuits. After descending 2km, they found the pressure
> was about 300millibars. Not enough to breathe, although Mercer briefly
> sniffed the air, but he put his helmet back on afterwards. Gravity
> was 0.1 earth gravities at that point. Slightly below that, they were
> able to breathe the atmosphere. The surface gravity was 0.6 earth
> gravities. I didn't see a mention of the pressure at the surface.
I read _Rendezvous with Rama_, years ago. I thought there
was a part where they sent an ultra-light pedalled aircraft along the
axis to explore. Do I have the wrong book?
Yes, they entered at the axis. Yes, the radius was 5 miles.
Got me...
---David
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