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You make it sound like tethering in space is a solved problem – it isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tether_missions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spac
by creshal 11y ago
You make it sound like tethering in space is a solved problem – it isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tether_missions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tether_missions
Reliable reeling mechanisms that actually work in vacuum seem a yet unsolved problem, and there's occasional research into it. Sure, there could be more, but it's not like the lack of gravity is the only (medical) problem to solve for a Mars flight.
- troutwine 11y agoOh shoot, I accidentally downvoted you when I meant to upvote. Terribly sorry! Parent commenter presents this idea occasionally without justification. At present stage of research, as you correctly point out, tethering in space is further out than biomedical research.