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Comment by tomxor

And all at 1g... I wonder what forces the human body is capable of adapting to over a long period.

What happens if say we double the thrust, presumably halving the timescales and doubling the experienced "gravity"... would a human body be able to adapt and get stronger? or would we experience adverse side effects? (not necessarily mutually exclusive). It could even be a way to acclimatise to a different planet's mass before arriving.

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Looks like 2g is reasonable. The limit is higher but it sounds a bit ridiculous, astronauts would all have to compete in the strongman competitions for 4g. Any higher and we wouldn't be able to walk without breaking our bones.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/whats-the-maxi...

parent tomxor 5 years ago

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