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**fotodemujerahldesnugdo** · 08-20-2012, 08:19 PM

In an attempt to save the thread from trolling & stuff, I have an actual question.
Since we know that zero-G causes loss of bone mass and 1-G doesn't, as we have a reasonable amount of data on zero-G living and a heck of a lot on 1-G, would it be possible to add a centrifuge section to the ISS to gather data on the region between 0 and 1 G?
The point being that we are quite likely to go to Mars within a couple of decades and it'd be good to be prepared with the knowledge of what 0.38 G's does to the human body as we currently have zero data on that. We have a very small amount but I suspect not enough from the 0.17 G's on the Moon.
Not an easy experiment to do but ultimately worthwhile I suspect.

08-20-2012, 08:19 PM	#82
fotodemujerahldesnugdo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 462 Senior Member	In an attempt to save the thread from trolling & stuff, I have an actual question. Since we know that zero-G causes loss of bone mass and 1-G doesn't, as we have a reasonable amount of data on zero-G living and a heck of a lot on 1-G, would it be possible to add a centrifuge section to the ISS to gather data on the region between 0 and 1 G? The point being that we are quite likely to go to Mars within a couple of decades and it'd be good to be prepared with the knowledge of what 0.38 G's does to the human body as we currently have zero data on that. We have a very small amount but I suspect not enough from the 0.17 G's on the Moon. Not an easy experiment to do but ultimately worthwhile I suspect.
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