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> Maybe a "space scale" measuring inertial mass instead could work? Yeah. The obvious thing would be a centrifuge where the sample is placed in a "ball on a wi
by nwiswell 3y ago
> Maybe a "space scale" measuring inertial mass instead could work?
Yeah. The obvious thing would be a centrifuge where the sample is placed in a "ball on a wire" contraption, the assembly is spun up to a known RPM, and the tension in the wire is measured directly.
- amomchilov 3y agoI thought they could measure it like they measure humans using SLAMMD, but apparently that’s only accurate to 0.5 lbs https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-do-astronauts-weigh-themselves-space-180953884/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-do-ast...
- jameshart 3y agoAs the Mythbusters almost said, the only difference between whirling a mouse's corpse around tied to the end of a string in space, and science, is writing it down.
- marcosdumay 3y agoI imagine one can build a two-plated centrifuge that works the same way as an equilibrium balance works on Earth.
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- troyvit 3y agoYou could maybe power it with the surviving mice and a piece of cheese floating on a string.