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My very rusty physics tells me that walking one way along the inside of the wheel would make you weigh less, and the other way would make you weigh more - is th
by PlunderBunny 1y ago
My very rusty physics tells me that walking one way along the inside of the wheel would make you weigh less, and the other way would make you weigh more - is this what you're referring to? Would trying to work 'normally' in this kind of situation induce nausea, or make your food fall off your tray etc? It would be a shame if you went to all the effort to make a Von Braun wheel in space to simulate gravity, only to find that you had to stand still to do anything practical.
(I assume the astronauts in 2001 A Space Odyssey jogged in the direction that made themselves weigh more, to make their workout more intense.)
- Hemospectrum 1y agoCoriolis forces acting on the human vestibular system can directly induce motion sickness just from turning your head. If it turns out humans cannot acclimate through long term exposure, the only remedy is to increase the wheel radius.