As
you read about Gundam’s story, taking place in the Universal
Century, you may wonder where it all happens. Actually, everything revolves
mainly around the Earth, the Moon, and hundreds of space
colonies. This is known as the Earth Sphere. The
space colonies (bunches) are all settled in seven areas,
named Sides, and they are in the shape
of a 20 miles long and 4 miles diameter cylinder that generates
artificial gravity by rotating around its lenghtwise axis, with
three wide solar mirrors departing from the end side opposite to
the Sun. The Sides are all located around five different
points on Moon’s orbit, known as Lagrange points.
(Side
picture shows the Earth seen from Side 7 "open-type"
colonies)
(The
diagram below shows the approximate positions of the colonies
relating to Earth-Moon system with the Lagrange points,
and the position of the most important fortified or strategic
space bases and asteroids)
For
more details and informations about Sides’ story
and technology, and in general about life in the universal
century, english readers can visit Mobile
Suit Gundam: High Frontier, a great website by Dafid
Neal Dyer.
it all happens. Actually, everything revolves
mainly around the Earth, the Moon, and hundreds of space
colonies. This is known as the Earth Sphere. The
space colonies (bunches) are all settled in seven areas,
named Sides, and they are in the shape
of a 20 miles long and 4 miles diameter cylinder that generates
artificial gravity by rotating around its lenghtwise axis, with
three wide solar mirrors departing from the end side opposite to
the Sun. The Sides are all located around five different
points on Moon’s orbit, known as Lagrange points.
(Side
picture shows the Earth seen from Side 7 "open-type"
colonies)
