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Re: A way to imitate gravity in space
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Originally Posted by Boerseun
Won't work. Even if you could get the magnetic attraction even for the entire suit, it won't "feel" like gravity.
Imagine, your entire body would be pulled down to the floor at what would feel like 1g to your skin, being the only part of your body physically connected to the suit. But your intestines would still be weightless. Your stomach and its contents would be in free fall, but your body would be at 1g. Also, your skeleton won't really experience it, so it won't do anything for bone density loss. I think this particular setup will make me extremely nauseous. I will paint the spacecraft with my stomach lining in no time flat.
I think normal weightlessness experienced by astronauts would be more comfortable, or simply rotate the entire space vehicle so that centrifugal forces would simulate 1g.
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I see.
I already knew about the rotating centrifuge, it seems a little expensive though. I know about more expensive ways to imitate gravity, but none that are less expensive.
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