Could this precipitate (heh) some kind of water cycle?
Is there a certain volume that will mean that parts of it would become unbound by the centripetal force and drift into the centre? That water would then fall into the rim and, if it is raised, drain back into the "seas", replenishing them...
I was thinking more that it would be covering the inner surface of the sphere like a lake - I was unsure whether a) the water would stay on the inner surface and b) not interfere with the habitat's spin by perhaps increasing drag
Thank you for your reply! I have seen the Bernal Sphere before...
Consider a hollow sphere roughly the size of the moon, spun up to produce 1g of centripetal acceleration along a band at its equator (about 15000 kph)
Big stuff, I know.
I have a few questions about the implication of such a system, and I hope someone can help me find some answers!
- How tall...