Learn about artificial gravity  

In 1950's, von Braun wrote articles in his Collier and he envisioned solving the problem of weightless through something called artificial gravity. Von Braun thought that he could simulate gravity by creating a white-wheeled space station that spun every 22 seconds. It looked like a gigantic dounut in space spinning once every 22 seconds. This wasn't the kind of ship that could travel to Mars, however it enlightened a new idea, a vision. Capsules connected by Kevlar tethers that rotate around one anothe rlike a pinwheel in a breeze., and three seperate ships connected like children in a game of ring-around-the-rosy are two possibilities ways our space ships on way to Mars can create artificial gravity to solve the gravity problems. This idea of course is marvelous, however it requires a whole new design and if one was to make that ship, it could require tons of money. Artificial gravity is merely an idea that can be a solution, however like every other idea it carries a very expensive price tag.

 

 

 

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