Rotational Artificial Gravity
The cluster discusses using rotation or tumbling of spacecraft and space stations to generate artificial gravity via centrifugal force, including debates on its effectiveness, Coriolis effects, and comparisons to real gravity.
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Wouldn't tumbling a spaceship give you some basic gravity? Isn't that a desired outcome?
Maybe it just rotates to create artificial gravity.
Rotate the ship fast enough to mimic 1G gravity... Solved!
How is it tumbling? Could that provide a force to simulate gravity?
Don't forget this happened while he was in a spacecraft orbiting the earth when this happened, AKA free-fall or (approximately) zero-g until it started spinning. Here on earth it's probably not even possible to recreate the conditions he experienced.
A large spacecraft doesn't have to spin very fast to simulate 1g. So probably not.
Could this be the first step towards artificial gravity, or inertial dampeners?
These rotating stations don’t necessarily recreate gravity perfectly right? You’ll note strange behavior if you drop objects or jump.
Does this address the Coriolis effect and other issues that make rotational "gravity" feel really weird compared to actual gravity (6:58 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeMoaxUpWk)?
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a8965/why-don...