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Old 04-13-2009   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Gravity

I agree with Craig—a centrifuge is the way to go.

But, I also would wonder if there is a way to accomplish this in the parameters of the opening post and without wearing any metal or magnets.

Water and carbon and the biological things they make up are diamagnetic which means they are repulsed by a magnetic field. The effect is extraordinarily weak, but it has been used to levitate a frog (and lizard and some other little things). The field strength was reportedly 16 Tesslas. So.. I imagine it would be possible to put a gigantic magnet in the ceiling of a room and force a person to the floor simulating > 1 g. There would probably be health concerns... especially if the person had anything ferromagnetic on them like metal fillings or a tattoo—there would be immediate too-graphic-for-TV-type health concerns

Diamagnetism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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