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Random question. Why haven't we made a spinning space station yet to simulate gravity? Would fluids still work? Does the spinning actually work?
by kraig911 3y ago
Random question. Why haven't we made a spinning space station yet to simulate gravity? Would fluids still work? Does the spinning actually work?
- asperous 3y agohttps://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a8965/why-dont-we-have-artificial-gravity-15425569/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a8965/why-don...
- jylam 3y agoNot a specialist, but that: 1/ is hard to build in space (big pieces that need to be assembled) 2/ needs to be big enough not to make everyone sick (the diameter must be quite large for the gradient of gravity not to be too noticeable) 3/ Not very useful when one of the main points of having a space station is to do ~zero g experiments
- SushiHippie 3y agoRelated submission from 9 days ago: One Revolution per Minute [video] (254 points, 155 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37736853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37736853