August 2021
Space research in embryology
...have shown that, in 80 percent of embryos, the neurotubule failed to link up in the head or cephalic region. However, when a centrifuge creating 1 g was used, such defects occurred only in 4.5 percent of embryos. Apart from the obvious gravity factor...
April 2024
Rotation in the Universe
... the scale of the universe is a mechanism that has occasionally been proposed by proponents of Steady State theories to provide a ‘centrifugal’ component to the motions of the galaxies that would prevent a gravitational collapse and keep the galaxies...
October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... launch area (VLA), and an advanced technology area (ATA). In the latter we have SpinLaunch, a company that’s working on a centrifuge, kinetic energy option for the first stage. In the VLA we have UP Aerospace, and small drone developments...
27 November 2015
Space Elevator Could be Made out of Diamonds
... system that would use a cable anchored on Earth and reach out beyond geostationary orbit. Gravitational and centrifugal forces would then ensure that the cable held up and remained stationary. Such an elevator could then...
20 August 2021
"Weird" comet ATLAS may be a remnant of an ancient visitor
... undetermined says Ye, but it might have been caused by streamers of ejected material that spun up the comet so fast centrifugal forces tore it apart. Alternatively, gases from so-called super-volatile ices just blew the piece apart...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
.... For the past six months, the crew have endured intense, rapid spins in fighter jets and centrifuges, experienced weightlessness for a few seconds on parabolic flights and put their lungs to the test with a high...
