We all know the pictures of the astronauts on the ISS floating around. We also suspect that a lack of gravity is bad for the body as the muscles go weak and such.

Why don't spaceships just rotate to cause the effect of artificial gravity through centrifugal forces?

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

It is primarily the latter reason. Rotating e.g. the capsule of the Artemis mission in a way that would produce enough fake gravity would be... interesting. And the astronauts' feet would have gravity, while their heads would not.

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