On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 09:28:52PM -0400, David Hobby wrote: > Appeal to Authority: Rama had air at the axis, and Clarke was usually > good on physics.
Rama had a radius of about 8km. They entered near the axis and began descending in spacesuits. After descending 2km, they found the pressure was about 300millibars. Not enough to breathe, although Mercer briefly sniffed the air, but he put his helmet back on afterwards. Gravity was 0.1 earth gravities at that point. Slightly below that, they were able to breathe the atmosphere. The surface gravity was 0.6 earth gravities. I didn't see a mention of the pressure at the surface. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
