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On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Gwyn Reedy wrote:
> This is just one man's opinion and I don't want to start a thread on this.
> Guess 'bad science' on TV and movies is one of my pet peeves. Another
> example is space vehicles with wings. Look at all the 'fighters' is Star
> Wars and clone pictures. They even have them banking and 'pulling Gs' to
> turn! Such disinformation is a shame.
Oops, looks like you did start a thread on this. I know this has nothing
to do with old trucks, but I have to make one small correction -- "pulling
g's" in space is not bad science. The spaceship and its crew have a
natural tendency to remain moving in the direction of flight. Turning the
spaceship in any direction will cause the crew to feel a force -- "pulling
g's" in the opposite direction of the turn, due to their (the crew's)
tendency to remain in motion in the original direction of flight. It's
the same laws of physics that make you feel the g's when you take a turn
at 45 mph in a rodded-out oletruck (with IFS and all other sorts of nifty
hot-rod items, of course).
The wings on most sci-fi spaceships, though, are just there to look cool.
Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
"Power that comes from the barrel of a gun can only be effective for a
short time." -The Dalai Lama
"We choose to go to the moon...because that goal will serve to organize
and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge
is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone,
and one which we intend to win." -John F. Kennedy
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it--even if I
have said it--unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common
sense." -Buddha
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