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To: LibWhacker

Lots of luck with that. Gravity is also crucial to human survival. Until artificial gravity can be produced on vessels that transport humans to and fro, we are stuck on the little blue ball.


13 posted on 04/29/2008 12:24:13 PM PDT by rjsimmon
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To: rjsimmon

It’s a very special, dare I say unique, little blue ball.


18 posted on 04/29/2008 2:10:49 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: rjsimmon

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.


23 posted on 04/30/2008 7:17:05 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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