February 2020
Investigation of the Coriolis effect in rotating space platforms
... the human vestibular system, adapted to our life on Earth responds to the rotational environment needed for sustained artificial gravity, and in particular the role of the semi-circular canals (SCC). A problem that can arise in such an environment...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
...child development would make it impossible to safely raise children without some kind of artificial gravity. Artificial gravity Children of colonists raised in partial gravity would almost certainly have longer, thinner bones and may be significantly...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... must be set to avoid neuro-vestibular and sensorimotor issues often associated with artificial gravity (i.e., Coriolis effect). However, large artificial gravity systems are often untenable for long duration missions with limited launches. Therefore...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
... non-rotating central spaceship body with weightless areas and a residential unit rotated around this to generate artificial gravity, was conceived by NASA’s Technology Applications Assessment Team in 2011. The tunnel has several purposes. First, its...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... and in particular VIIP and its effect on distance and near vision. It may well be that some form of artificial gravity is needed to keep astronauts on long missions healthy and able to undertake exploration on the Martian surface. This has...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
..., but also the opportunity to incorporate difficult (non-optimal) features like adequate radiation protection, spin-induced artificial gravity and, above all, a multi-role capability. The final Scorpion design is just over 100 m long with...
