I see an economic diasater coming...

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electricity to gravity? come on pull the other one.
first all you need to do is build the ship so it can spin then you have all the artificial gravity you need.
since when is there a difference between steady acceleration and gravity?
don't forget the space station, the record for time in freefall is one year.
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[triffid]

Those are the things he said at the missouri renewable energy fair.I do not know him from Adam but he said some interesting things.I thought if hes right then we have some serious drawbacks to space travel.I know after a year in freefall it takes months to get strength back in body. It seems to me that if we can get to mars in 50 days then it would not be a problem.Still mars has only a third of earths gravity so the entire mission would not be at one earth gee.So time from earth to mars and back would be???2 years?More???triffid

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he would seem to not know what he is talking about.
needing some rehab is a long way from falling apart.
in one third gee you could wear weights and exercise to counter the effects.
in space for extended times you could use centripetal force to mimic gravity.
nothing that could not be handled.the real problem is coming up with
the money to pay for it all.
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[triffid]

I know where to get the money.Stop all the wars and stop paying the federal reserve interest on our own money.that would save 1.7 trillion to the federal reserve.And about another 1.5 trillion dollars for the wars we are involved in.So Money is really not a problem.Just what issues our leaders think are important is the problem.Our young people ages 16-19 are suffering 25% unemployment.triffid

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I think that the lack of jobs would force everyone to reinvent themselves.Pretty much like old movie stars have to keep their careers fresh and moving along.Young people with lots of energy could take up wood working skills.Whatever their interests are.Work with junk and make it work.Recycle,learn to grow more food.Do housecleaning,do windowwashing,Do things for homeowners and get paid for their work.
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