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If NASA is really serious about people living on Mars, I would think that they should build a rotating space station with Mars level of pseudo-gravity. Two dece
by njarboe 8y ago
If NASA is really serious about people living on Mars, I would think that they should build a rotating space station with Mars level of pseudo-gravity. Two decent sized chambers connected by a tether might be the easiest to build. If one really wants to see if something complicated will work on Mars, running it in Martian G, is the only way to be sure.
Long term studies in the current space station seem to suggest that humans can't live years at zero G without serious health problems developing. It would useful to try out Mars gravity (38% of Earth's) somewhat closer to Earth than the surface of Mars.
- mhh__ 8y agoCould you link/cite the studies you have in mind, njarboe
- njarboe 8y agoIt is well known that zero g causes many problems with the human anatomy. Google "effect of zero g on astronauts site:nasa.gov" and you'll have a list of links to studies and descriptions of the problems from the reliable NASA website. What sort of studies in particular would you be interested in?