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Drop Shaft (Neutralization of Inertia)
An 'elevator shaft' in which the user can fall at the speed of gravity, then be stopped without inertia (i.e., instantly). (Read the full article)
| "Yes - a good experiment! Trouble is, to do it, you'd have to drop the Earth downward by 1000 feet, instantaneously, and that might have a flattening effect on New Zealand and Australia a little bit! " (Ray Emerson 7/5/2005 6:55:11 PM ) |
| "The Inertia-less-field generators were worn on the uniform belts in the books not a part of the drop shaft at all.
But in the Magazines in the 1930s the generators were shown on the back between the sholder blades for some reason probably the artist had not read the Lensman books at all." (Christopher Thomas 7/31/2007 4:39:06 PM ) |
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