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Space/Science » in reply to re: nutation dampers

Small diameter centrifuges

This would probably only be workable in a "therapy" type situation, with somebody sitting in a box that's spun for a certain amount of time a day.

The "living" small centrifuge idea, like what appeared in the "Discovery" in 2001, with people walking around normally, has a lot of inner ear problems due to Coriolis and other forces across such short distances. I have no idea if people can become accustomed to it, like ocean travel. One of many things we're supposed to be learning in LEO right now.

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