On 2/3/2016 7:50 PM, green wrote:
> nobody knows.  here is somebody who knows more than most;
> https://youtu.be/_1yOe-exq6c?t=6m
>
> i checked some time in the past and if remember correctly the speed of air
> molecules is about the same as the velocity of the circumference of such a
> rotating hab, so the air is weakly bound to the 'ground'.  my guess is that the
> air doesn't want to follow along the rotation so it lags, making an antispin
> breeze.  or a gale.  and creates drag, leading to instability (unless actively
> corrected) for undersquare cylinders.  just a guess.
>
>

The audio in that video is real bad. I can't understand the speaker.


Mike

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