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use of centrifuge to create artificial gravity
I was just listening to a podcast in which Mark Kelly, astronaut, was interviewed. One of the questions had to do with how to manage the need for gravity on long space flights. He said that tNASA already has several ideas of how to do it, including a personal centrifuge that could be used a few hours a day- would be a lot cheaper than building a huge rotating structure to house everyone.. So CJ was way ahead of NASA in writing Heavy Time 
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Re: use of centrifuge to create artificial gravity
True. But don't forget the rotating ring on the Discovery in Clarke and Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. I suspect that was even earlier.
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Re: use of centrifuge to create artificial gravity
And there’s old Gerard O’Neill’s work on space stations and Mars. I still have his book, The High Frontier. And apparently there is a movie
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Re: use of centrifuge to create artificial gravity
From my understanding the disadvantage of a personal centrifuge is that the artificial gravity varies on your body. So if the person is standing doing some exercise, the gravity on their feet closes to the perimeter is higher than their head which would be closer to the center. It might be difficult to use this gravity in some instances. Like maybe if a plant needs gravity to grow properly.
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