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Spinning space station design
Is it cold in here?:
Current long-duration orbital missions include spending as much as two hours a day exercising with bungee cords to provide some "down"ward force, and bone loss is still a serious problem.
idontunderstand:
How exactly DO you work out in space anyway? With rubber bands only?
*Pictures weightless aerobics*
Is it cold in here?:
Treadmill.
idontunderstand:
Boxing would be hella fun to try as well...
Akima:
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 21 Jan 2012, 02:17 ---Gundam.
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That clip illustrates a space-habitat along the lines of an O'Neill Cylinder. Structures like that are a bit grand for the title "space-station".
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 20 Jan 2012, 03:36 ---...what is the minimum gravity to avoid skeletal and muscular problems in the long term?
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Unfortunately, the simple answer to this question is: nobody knows. Nobody has done the necessary long-term testing even on non-human animals. An even more ticklish problem for permanent habitation in space of the sort depicted in the Gundam universe, is the question of fetal development. Experiments on rats in free-fall done by the Russian space agency suggested that gestation in "zero-g" was a very bad idea with essentially catastrophic effects on skeletal and nervous development.
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