alternative engines

[Pat Ford]

Previously, you (Aaron Willis) wrote:
> At 02:22 PM 5/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >How about if ya had a HUGE donut shaped container, in space, and spun i
> >REALLY fast so as to force the air to the outside of the donut, THEN fly
> >an airplane within that 'SIMULATED' atmosphere?  It would work...
> >
> >Now you've heard of an atmoshpere existing without gravity...

don't all object exert a small gravatational pull ( I think I heard that 
years ago). doc should know?

> 
> 	Ha...ALMOST!  Even I caught this one.  I'm going to count that centrifugal
> force that threw the air to the outside of the donut as gravity in this
> example.
>

I think gravity is a different animal.
 
> 
> 	Aaron Willis
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