Someone in the show (Pamela?) mentioned a major irk as gravity existing on ships, even on the little shuttles. With "artificial gravity" I never really thought about this being an issue--I could suspend belief for that.

It did raise another question though: I think it happened mostly in Star Trek, but maybe in other SciFi universes too. When the ship is damaged to the point that someone must go outside to do the job, or an alien is plastered on the outside and it is to be collected...why do the crew doing the job have to put on magnetic boots?

It seems that if there's enough artificial gravity inside the ship to walk, fight, fall on the floor when the console explodes, etc, shouldn't there be enough gravity to hold a person(s) to the hull on the outside of the ship? If I recall correctly, there are an episode or two where someone even starts to float away...not really a science issue (as pointed out in the podcast, a ship can't have that much gravity) but it does make for an interesting continuity question in my mind.

Any thoughts?

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