Re: Selenites (was Re: equinox)

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De: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Fecha: Viernes 25 de Septiembre de 1998 18:51
Asunto: Re: Selenites (was Re: equinox)


>Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinz=F3n wrote:
>>
>> I once begun a story about a human, born on the moon, who first came d=
own
to
>> Earth, and who he perceive some changes: gravity, atmosphere
>> (non-artificial), sky, polution, light... it wasn't very long for
decribing
>> seasons and weather...
>Well, someone born on the Moon would probably die if he came to Earth -
>the gravity would be too intense.  It's hard enough for astronauts
>returning to Earth after spending a few months in space.

It would make the Lunar Settlers more isolated form Earth... and would ma=
ybe
undergo some physical changes...  But there's gravity in the moon (1/6g o=
r
somthing like that) so it would not be as hard as for astronauts falling =
in
orbits around the Earth.

>> an static Blue Earth (would
>> be usefull for referencing when out for a walk or a ride) with phases.=
..
>
>It might also be useful as a giant "clock", perhaps they could learn to
>recognize what parts of Earth the terminator line crosses, and deduce
>the time from that!  ("The terminator crosses thru Australia, therefore
>...")

Even hours could be named after continents...

After communications wouldn't be so hard, People living in the moon would
probably use the time mesurement systems than in Earth, probably USA or E=
U
or wathever nation go and settler the moon, but the way it would be
represented would be different.

Actually the Earth woud be a giant clock, at least when there is no "new"
Earth.  Earth phases would be coordinated with moon phases: new Earth wit=
h
full Moon and vice versa.  Earth would stay in the same position.  The su=
n
would be visible some 15 days of 29 or 30.  When Earth is "new" the Sun
would be close, so the natural compass/clock would not be visible.

And, when some settler would come to Earth, must be preparing into a
artificial gravity (inertial) chamber and making excersices.

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