Re: Solutions to the Zero-G problem

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Oct 26 2000 - 00:07:04 MDT


If your technique doesn't fool all the cells for enough of the time,
other things besides calcium uptake go awry. Immune system, to name a
big one. So far, it appears that angular acceleration is the way to go.
You do need a nice long arm and slow rev rate to keep people from
getting sick due to a combination of factors (chiefly gradient and
Coriolis effect).

zeb haradon wrote:
>
> >From: "Coyote" <coyyote@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
> >To: <extropians@extropy.org>
> >Subject: Re: Solutions to the Zero-G problem
> >Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:39:29 -0700
> >
> >Forgive my ignorance on this matter but why can't centrifugal force be
> >used
> >as substitute ?
> >
>
> That would work too.
> But it requires moving parts, and can make people sick.
>
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