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To: Truth29
What happened to all the ideas for rotating spacecraft and space stations to create artificial gravity?

Great for getting there. But, then there are issues being in 1/6 Earth's gravity once you stay there for long periods.

22 posted on 04/12/2019 10:12:34 AM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: C210N
But, then there are issues being in 1/6 Earth's gravity once you stay there for long periods.

Nobody's ever spent more than a couple of days at 1/6th G. It's possible that even 1/6th G is enough to mitigate most of the bad effects of loss-of-gravity, but we don't know.

28 posted on 04/12/2019 10:42:24 AM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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“Great for getting there. But, then there are issues being in 1/6 Earth’s gravity once you stay there for long periods.”

There is nothing preventing the use of “artificial gravity” on the moon or small planets. You wouldn’t be able to explore in that environment, but places to sleep, eat, etc. could be built that uses the same science.


44 posted on 04/12/2019 12:45:57 PM PDT by unlearner (War is coming.)
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