A few less significant observations... Japan is part of Union, but high school students there take field trips to HRA's space elevator and power station; and even share the train ride with high level HRA military officers. However bad the international conflicts are, things are pretty cordial between the big 3 powers, both on the civilian and military levels. Remember Union officers were invited to view the demo of AEU's latest MS in ep.1? This puts some doubt into the purported reason for CB to exist.
If there is gravity on the inner ring (where Louise and Saji nearly fell) why is there no gravity in the train along the way? I can't be sure (yet, have to think about it or work out the math), but the physics seems wrong to me. This is especially annoying since there's no reason to include the scene of Louise floating and playing with her food other than to impress the audience that the animators are paying attention to physics (another requisite features of Gundam?). Seems pretty contrived that precisely 3 blocks was shot off the gravity ring with no damage to the rest of the ring (none that might overload the rescue capability of the Gundam team, say). From what I know of mechanics, if a artificial gravity ring is broken at one or more points on the circumference it should completely break up, just like cutting one of the main cables of a suspension bridge. According to the design of space elevator and also according to the technobabble given in the episode, if there is to be any gravity, it should be slightly outward. I.e. flinging things out of the Earth's gravity. So if Louise and/or those gravity blocks should be set adrift, they should fall away from Earth, not towards it. The rescue mission is grab them back before they are sent to a higher orbit, which is not a big deal as long as their oxygen supply holds up. Ahh but then there's no urgent need for the CB to step in, jeopardizing their mission and prematurely exposing their ability. Physics and consistence is only a cheap 'ho to serve the plot requirement, again. Next episode: yet another new character and a new MS of the week. Don't hold your breath on a continuation of Marina's diplomatic mission. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
