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		mrfusion on Oct 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality You could spin the station at half that speed and still have half a g and mitigate those other issues.

tonmoy on Oct 12, 2016 [–]

At half the speed, it would be quarter the gravity. And 2km diameter is huge, it would be easier to make a smaller base camp on a planet where there already is gravity present

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