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> But you can't live on Mars for an extended period because the gravity is 1/3 of earths. Can't you rather cheaply create a centrifuge where you'll sleep - and
by avmich 10y ago
> But you can't live on Mars for an extended period because the gravity is 1/3 of earths.
Can't you rather cheaply create a centrifuge where you'll sleep - and may be even work indoors - which will maintain 1G? Centrifuge big enough so no significant side forces would occur?
- ASalazarMX 10y agoThis is my question as well. We do that at fairs for fun, a spinning habitat seems very feasible.
- seanp2k2 10y agoFeasible for a few billion people, eventually? This concept has been explored in many sci-fi shows, with the usual solution being to make a big ring and spin it in space.
- avmich 10y agoWe can solve problems incrementally - we often do, and space access history is a good example for that.
- perilunar 10y agoIt wouldn't even need to _spin_. You could mount the habitat on a large, banked, circular track and just drive around it at a constant speed. Or if you wanted to go underground, bore a large circular tunnel and put the habitat inside.