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If you're going to mars, why strive for 1g when you can have .38g (Martian gravity), meaning you'd only need an 85 meter radius.
by dkuntz2 11y ago
If you're going to mars, why strive for 1g when you can have .38g (Martian gravity), meaning you'd only need an 85 meter radius.
- ant6n 11y agoPlus, you can pick some less sensitive humans who can deal with larger RPM (rotations per minute).
- creshal 11y agoSurgery at 10 RPM is going to be entertaining, at least.
- ant6n 11y agoWhy? As long as the system is dynamically stable. The only issues are that the g is slightly different at different heights, and the Coriolis force, which should be relatively constant. If you want 0.3g at 6RPM, it means a radius of 30m.