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NASA scientists are intensifying their investigation into a vision disorder that affects 70% of astronauts on long-duration space missions, as new research reveals the condition poses mounting risks for future Mars exploration 1 2. Space- Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS) causes crew members to experience blurred reading vision, swollen optic discs, and flattened eyeballs that can persist for years after returning to Earth

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[โ€“] kalkulat@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (21 children)

Maybe "2001 A Space Odyssey" had the right idea ... spinning a whole big station to produce 1G. (Arthur C. Clarke was part of the writing team.)

Discussion here sez it takes a radius of 224m at 2rpm: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/281/what-would-the-size-and-rotation-of-a-station-need-to-be-to-produce-1g-gravity-f

At this site you can play with the parameters: https://www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/

[โ€“] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Seriously why even bother studying the health effects of zero G? Figure out how to build a spinning craft instead and don't worry about health effects.

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