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Asked by: j kemley
Subject: create a stationary platform within a gyroscope
Question: How can you create a stationary platform within a gyroscope.There is a posibility that if what has been said iscorrect that there could be a way of using this to overcome the earths gravitational force for a easier means of getting into space.
Date: 27 August 2005
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Answer: Don Mitchell - 05/10/2005 22:45:30
 No, a gyroscopic inertial platform only remains in a fixed orientation, not a fixed position. Gyroscopes cannot counteract gravity or product thrust.


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