According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force.
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Russia plans rotating space station with artificial gravity to protect astronaut health
The Russian state rocket company, Energia, has officially secured a patent for a giant, rotating space architect.
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Gravity from entropy? A bold idea that could bridge 2 big theories
Physicists have spent a century trying to reconcile the smooth fabric of spacetime in general relativity with the jittery ...
So far, the most accurate model describing gravity is still Einstein’s theory of general relativity. It states that gravity as we feel and observe it is a kind of side effect of the fabric of ...
There are some things in life that just sort of happen. Desks get covered in dust and scraps of paper. Clothes get dirty and the laundry basket fills up. Weeds slowly creep across an untended ...
Most of today’s leading theoretical physicists have a shared perspective about what the next revolution in physics will look like. They think reconciling Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity ...
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