Posted on 01/11/2019 2:36:39 PM PST by BenLurkin
Ping.
I wonder if there is an exercise program that could counteract this.
Could they create a micro-gravity environment? You know, the old spinning spaceship.
They just need to stimulate the spindle neurons to increase Proprioception.
They should talk to Hal from The Lumbar Yard. Soon as he's done with his swim.
Well, mines been bugging me for about 7 years after the “corrective” surgery so...................
Old? The next group to make pseudo-gravity by spinning a spaceship will be the first.
The use of a spinning wheel design to create gravity artificially should prevent this, shouldn’t it?
From what I’ve read, you’d need a pretty big spaceship in order to rotate it fast enough to generate artificial gravity.
“suggesting that muscle atrophy may occur without the resistance provided by gravity.”
So... build the Pan Am space wheel that we saw in 2001 and fly it to Mars....
Babylon 5 type EA ships.
This problem is easily solved.
The price/cost of lift continues to fall, thereby enabling bigger ships to be built in orbit.
Those bigger ships can use centrifugal force to simulate gravity. At precisely 1.0 Gs.
They can then be propelled out of orbit spinning on their axis like a bullet.
The concept has been widely understood for NEARLY a century.
A LOT less material to use a cable to connect a cabin to a counterweight, thus a lot more feasible and cheaper.
I know...every time is see one in the movies I wonder about greasing the bearings. Its a pain the replace them on a motorcycle. I cannot imagine doing that in zero g.
Blindness is now not alone in the crippling effects of long duration space flight - manned flight to Mars is out. Moon Yes. Perhaps children born there would be less or not at all susceptible to these unfortunate effects.
Cure long duration space flight muscle loss with
this one simple trick...apple cider vinegar.
Yes, apple cider vinegar taken daily during long duration
space flight will not only sweeten your breath, clean
your teeth and kill space roaches it will cure muscle loss!!
It’s good for cleaning dog nose prints from space craft windows too!
“From what Ive read, youd need a pretty big spaceship in order to rotate it fast enough to generate artificial gravity.”
Size matters.
1km circumference.
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