I see where a Dutch entrepreneur is accepting names for a proposed one-way
trip to Mars ! Already , something like 180,000 wannabes from 120 countries ( including 35 Canadians ) are looking to be one the four " lucky " people chosen . So , if I apply ( not ) and get chosen , what scale trains can I run on Mars ? Yes , Mike , I already know your vote
T
I'd have to say large scale due to less gravity. However, I'm not sure what sort of electrical contact problems you'd have with all that red dust on the rails!
Actually T I agree with Ed, big and heavy to combat the lower gravity, maybe #1 gauge? By the way T, we will miss you.
Take along plenty of magnets.
Tyson Rayles Wrote:Actually T I agree with Ed, big and heavy to combat the lower gravity, maybe #1 gauge? By the way T, we will miss you.
I think it's "backa..wards" - I'd take a smaller scale....Why..?? Inertia (the value of mass x speed)... The quantity of mass doesn't change whether you're here or in Mars, so a body in motion will have the same inertia in both places when operated at the same speed, and the train would go flying off the rails on a curve...To operate safely you would have to operate at a slower speed.
I think.....
Does anyone really think they'll waste VERY valuable space on the space ship to Mars for ANY kind of model trains? LOL
Of course ! Why else would they go there?