Russia inches towards mission to Mars (experimenting with artificial air)

RussiaToday ^ | 4/28/08

[LibWhacker]

My national pride makees me a bit jealous of the Russians in this endeavor but I still hope they’re successful.

Me too! Seems we need the competition or we're quite willing to sit on our hands and do nothing for forty years. I want progress in space exploration, period, and if this is what it takes, so be it, I'm sad to say.

[vertolet]

Thanks for explanation.

[Telepathic Intruder]

We do have a form of artificial gravity available: centrifugal force. Just spin the ship, or better yet attach it to a tether with a counterweight. It produces constant accelleration which is no different than gravity. In the movie “mission to mars” they used a rorating centrifuge, but critics said it would have been too small to be of practical use.