Artificial gravity through centrifugal force

In space you experience weightlessness (micro gravity) and this affects a human's health, bones get less dense/weaker and muscles break down because you don't have to use them as much. This means when you come back to earth from space you would need to regain muscle strength and bones need to regain density.

We will look at different sites to see what they have discoverd and incorperate thier knowledge into this project. After that we will cunduct our own experiment to determine the speed needed to create enough artificial gravity based off of sites and rpm readings. Using this media and experiment duo the result will be trustable.

With the slow motion video we could analyze that the balloon stayed on the inside of the tub and that the motor was only in certain seconds at a consistent speed. Also the RPM readings showed roughly that the motor was rotating at 250 RPM.

In conclusion artificial gravity can be achieved from observing signs throughout this experiment. While RPM speeds could be varied to create the most Earth-like gravity this experiment showed us that it is truly possible with a tubed design. Finally astronauts have a way of keeping their bodies in shape with bone density and muscle strength that life in space as humans is very well possible.

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