Have I mentioned how much I love the scientific detail and accuracy that goes along with discussions in this forum?
Thx for pointing out the flaw in my earlier calculation, I was going off some energy requirement numbers I found for a much larger body then modifying them based on possibly flawed calculation using the idea that double the mass would require a square of the energy.
Anyway, I think we're mostly on agreement that it doesn't really make sense to actually spin a large body to create artificial gravity, after all that's what orbital habitats are for and we already have them in the game.
I would debate that the energy requirement isn't ridiculous considering the kind of energy requirements needed for travel in aurora anyway, but it's obvious that it's not the most efficient way of making such a body habitable.
I want to point out again that I support the proposed underground habitats entirely, I just want this debate to steer somewhere towards the point where they'll make some kind of sense, perhaps we've hijacked this thread enough to require a new one entirely for the subject?
Perhaps artificial gravity makes the most sense, or hell even magnetic boots or whatever would work enough to make a colony work, who cares about osteoporosis when earth is overcrowded and someone's offering you a free ride to an exciting new underground colony where you can spend 16 hours a day using a plasma torch to hollow out living space for people to be stacked like sardines into a plastic lined crate equipped with free wifi, stims, and robot hookers ™.