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Bowman would engage in a flywheel and switched back again when rotationsupernova6 was restarted. As it made one revolution every ten seconds this carrousel or centrifuge produced an artificial gravityleonow3 equal to that of the Moon. Below this was a small spacegarage fitted with three airlocks through which powered capsules just large enough to enter the big slowly turning drum by going handoverhand along a pole through the zerogee region at its center. Poole and Bowman had often humorously referred to themselves as caretakers or janitors aboard a ship that could really run itself.... ALTOGETHER