Dear GURPSnet, any reader of GURPS Space -- or reasonably hard science fiction -- knows that zero gravity is problem. The human body suffers, food won't stay on the dinner plate, air convection fails.
4E Spaceships allows spin gravity only for ships with SM+8 (1,000 tons) or more, starting at 0.1 G. 3E Vehicles Expansion 1 requires a 30' spin radius for 0.1 G, and 216,000 cf for a spin hull (ships with spin arms can be smaller). But are 0.1 G enough to bother? That is less than Mars, even less that the Moon. How much gravity does a decent asteroid mining ship need? How much for a base station where people live? Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
