[TML] AWAD: Interzone

[Timothy Little]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 12:38:54AM -0800, Brad Murray wrote:
> Interzone is small — at only about 3000km in diameter its
> gravity is barely 10% of a standard G. Nonetheless there is a thin
> and breathable atmosphere

The escape energy is about half that of our Moon.  The existence of
any atmosphere at all is nothing short of miraculous.  For purposes of
a game you could ignore that, of course :-)

I also wonder about the strength of native inhabitants and long-term
residents.  Will they be much weaker, with comparatively fragile
bones?  Without having to constantly fight a 10 m/s^2 acceleration,
atrophy would seem very likely - at least in unmodified humans.
Perhaps the DNA of their distant ancestors was altered to suit their
new home?


- Tim