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How fast does it really need to spin? I'm not sure there have been any studies on 1/128g or less. In a 4.5 meter section 1/128g would only be 1 rotation per 3
by lumost 5y ago
How fast does it really need to spin? I'm not sure there have been any studies on 1/128g or less. In a 4.5 meter section 1/128g would only be 1 rotation per 30 seconds.
- dogma1138 5y agoThe issue is that at the average height of the astronaut the rotation speed at their head would be half of that at their feet given the 4-5m modules we can launch. I don’t know what is the maximum difference that would be tolerable but it’s not 2x for sure. So to get it down to single digit % you are looking at 200M+ or so in diameter. If it’s just for sleeping and liquid pooling at the back won’t pose a health risk then if they are lying down the diameter can be much lower but you are still probably looking at 15-20M which might be possible with inflatable modules I think 3.5-4X expansion would be quite possible with the existing inflatable modules we have.
- dotancohen 5y agoA 4.5 meter section rotating at 1 rotation per 30 seconds would likely suffer very noticeable Coriolis effects.