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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[–] 2 points 7 months ago

We don't necessarily need a full 1 G. We could probably get away with 0.5 G or even less. I wonder if things get more practical if we just have enough artifical gravity for orientation, standing, and sitting

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