In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sat, 9 Aug 2014 19:23:52 -0400: Hi, [snip] >The economic and weight cost in increasing the strength of the structure to >supply a gravity equivalent to the spacecraft is huge.
You could also use a tether with a capsule on one end and either another capsule on the other end or a dead weight. Then spin them about their common center of gravity. I think I already saw this somewhere - a movie maybe? > > >On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 7:07 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:30:28 -0400: >> Hi, >> [snip] >> >Another related issue is the peril to the crew imposed by long term >> >exposure to microgravity. >> >> This need not be a problem on the trip out and back. You just need to spin >> up >> the ship so that the outer rim has 1 g. This is where the crew would spend >> most >> of their time. >> >> Long term exposure to radiation is however a different matter, but no >> worse than >> experienced during long stays in the International Space Station? >> >> (BTW if I had my way, trips to Mars would take a few days, not months ;) >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
