Two astronauts to spend a full year on the ISS in 2015, to examine endurance for deep space missions - Polidicks

Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/ISS_demo_annotated.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946272]Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/ISS_demo_annotated.png[/img][/QUOTE] Wouldn't the torque required need a lot of energy ? Or am I not understanding how it works ?

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946272]Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [/QUOTE] I never realised how far developed the idea was.

[QUOTE=_Axel;37946366]Wouldn't the torque required need a lot of energy ? Or am I not understanding how it works ?[/QUOTE] Once you get it spinning, it will spin for quite a long time depending on how much friction there is, so all you need then is to counteract the friction.

So a Russian and an American walk into a space station...

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946272]Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/ISS_demo_annotated.png[/img][/QUOTE] How exactly does that create artificial gravity?

[QUOTE=Rents;37946600]How exactly does that create artificial gravity?[/QUOTE] The large ring spins, so it creates centrifugal force.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946641]The large ring spins, so it creates centrifugal force.[/QUOTE] Ah, ok, it just looked like a bunch of tubes with arrows and jargon on it to me.

It must take major balls to basically put your body on the line like this. Not to mention [b][i]IN SPACE[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946272]Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/ISS_demo_annotated.png[/img][/QUOTE] Of all the shit we've launched and attached to the station, you'd figure NASA could dig up a few million dollars to demonstrate if one of the most common sci-fi tropes of all time would actually work. We spent $100+ billion on building the station, it should have a goddamn gravity wheel.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;37947529]Of all the shit we've launched and attached to the station, you'd figure NASA could dig up a few million dollars to demonstrate if one of the most common sci-fi tropes of all time would actually work. We spent $100+ billion on building the station, it should have a goddamn gravity wheel.[/QUOTE] The ISS is basically a satellite.. plus it needs to be able to be docked at by spaceships etc.

[QUOTE=fritzel;37945329]365 days, no fap 2015.[/QUOTE] According to an astronaut's AMA on Reddit, you can find places to have "alone time" in space.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946272]Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [/QUOTE] If lack of gravity becomes a big enough problem they're bound to continue working on it

[QUOTE=mac338;37945607]There are many serious health complications with it, for instance the quite large risk of becoming blind.[/QUOTE] For older men. The entirety of facepunch are too young to even drive a car, so that would eb alright. Send all of Facepunch into space, together we will hold the next camp Facepunch on the moon.

[QUOTE=Marbalo;37945328]I'd imagine it would be extremely lonely for the two of them. Obviously not with other astronauts coming and going, but staying there for a whole year is pretty daunting, without seeing their families/children/friends/gravity/etc for that long.[/QUOTE] So you're telling me that it's just like Military deployment minus killing people.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;37947529]Of all the shit we've launched and attached to the station, you'd figure NASA could dig up a few million dollars to demonstrate if one of the most common sci-fi tropes of all time would actually work. We spent $100+ billion on building the station, it should have a goddamn gravity wheel.[/QUOTE] There's no need to prove that it works, physics says it will. It would definitely be very cool though, and it would be nice to see exactly how it would affect people after a certain amount of time inside it.

I admire their bravery. [QUOTE=Swebonny;37946272]Would be cool if they launched the artificial gravity module. Seems that it's been put on ice or something. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/ISS_demo_annotated.png[/img][/QUOTE] Isn't this from 2001: A Space Odyssey?

[QUOTE=Rents;37946600]How exactly does that create artificial gravity?[/QUOTE] watch 2001 A Space Odyssey.

[QUOTE=Chinook249;37949448]Isn't this from 2001: A Space Odyssey?[/QUOTE] Not really, 2001 uses this kind of technology, but it's not [I]from[/I] 2001.

[QUOTE=LarparNar;37948961]There's no need to prove that it works, physics says it will. It would definitely be very cool though, and it would be nice to see exactly how it would affect people after a certain amount of time inside it.[/QUOTE] I did a little reading and Gemini 11 actually conducted an experiment showing that spinning spacecraft for artificial gravity would work. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_11[/url]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;37946641]The large ring spins, so it creates centrifugal force.[/QUOTE] I just realized that you could have the interior sort of like the portion of a submarine that you climb on ladders to exit and enter the vessel, rather than just a long "__________________________" that would have to extend out to stand on

[QUOTE=Chinook249;37949448]I admire their bravery. Isn't this from 2001: A Space Odyssey?[/QUOTE] Yeah there's this scene where the guy's running around the inside and punching stuff, and then he trips and falls forever.

I recall a video of an astronaut running around in circles in Skylab. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi2R24pFYjk[/media] That's got to be a weird sensation. [editline]7th October 2012[/editline]

Wow, I've thought about it for a while now, and I can't start to think of the sensation they'll feel when they're brought back to gravity. After a year of nothing holding them down, what's it gonna be like for them?

[QUOTE=altern;37953816]Wow, I've thought about it for a while now, and I can't start to think of the sensation they'll feel when they're brought back to gravity. After a year of nothing holding them down, what's it gonna be like for them?[/QUOTE] broken bones, probably

[QUOTE=Franke_R!?;37945303]How can anyone not do that? I'd do it given the chance.[/QUOTE] What a silly attitude.

[QUOTE=OvB;37952052]I recall a video of an astronaut running around in circles in Skylab. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi2R24pFYjk[/media] That's got to be a weird sensation.[/QUOTE] I just thought of something. What if you push off the side with little enough force that you get stuck in the middle and can't get down? I'd freak out if I was alone.

[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;37953965]I just thought of something. What if you push off the side with little enough force that you get stuck in the middle and can't get down? I'd freak out if I was alone.[/QUOTE] You would not stop moving as there is no gravity and no air resistance to stop you moving.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Polyakov[/url] This guy spent fourteen months on Mir. If that isn't an endurance test, I don't know what is. This is certainly valuable information, as they are being sent up there with the express purpose of testing long term spaceflight side effects, but it is far from the first time that someone has spent that amount of time up there.

It could be worse: they [I]could [/I]have nothing to do but watch crappy old movies.