/sci/ - Science & Math

>a few days later
>I am vindicated
based AA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcf9hk9FJY

ngl anons, a long term lunar or martian colony will need 1g. The amount of muscle and bone loss of long term low-g will be pretty terrible on colonists, and they would adapt and their suits/everything will feel heavy since they're weak. No idea how this would affect the development of a child, but it certainly cannot be good. Past the exploration phase, it would be necessary to
1) Have the energy capacity for a permanently rotating habitat to simulate 1g
2) Build said habitats
No way around it. It's more expensive than just landing pre built habs but it's not feasible for people to live out their lives deteriorating

>>11796671
>make everything spin and no long-term living on small planets.
Spin gravity works on planets too.

>>10309805
Unfortunately there no known method to reduce gravity on Earth for anything longer than a vomit comet ride. The best bet for testing would be to set up centrifugal habitats set at Moon & Mars gravity; a rat sized one would make a good ISS experiment, and if future spacecraft work correctly, experiments can be set up for larger mammals. If a chimp can produce healthy offspring a human probably could as well. Plus the idea of getting some apes in a pair of SpaceX Starships that are in tumbling pigeon mode to get it on is just amusing.

And if it turns out there are bad health effects, well building centrifugal habitats on Mars for pregnant women is doable. Basically ends up being a giant carnival ride.

>>9946903
Worst case, if the low gravity on Mars causes issues with prenatal development , centrifugal habitats could be built to house pregnant women. Not an elegant solution, but building a big carnival ride is well within our engineering abilities.

>>9926594
Building centrifuge habitats on Mars, and having pregnant women & children spend as much time as possible in them would be a fairly easy fix for the gravity issue. It is something we can do with existing tech easily enough, and would be a good interim solution if/until we can genetically engineer people for lower gravity.