[TML] Variable Star, again

[Richard Aiken]

On Feb 19, 2008 5:56 PM, Jerry W Barrington <jerry.barrington at gmail.com> wrote:
> For that matter, if it takes less than a day, wouldn't
> the sideways thrust during a flip under thrust be trivial next to 90 years
> of thrust along the axis, and easily compensated for?

Would it have to use thrust at all?  I would think a gyroscope at the
center of mass could flip it, with a lot less strain on the structure.
 But then, that *would* take a very long time.


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Richard Aiken

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