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ACCount37today at 12:47 PM1 replyview on HN

I agree that a "long term fractional g spin test" is one of the most valuable things a LEO station can do. But there are others too.

For example, medical interventions against zero-g decay can be tested in any microgravity, spin or no spin. Development of in-space manufacturing and assembly can happen on any sufficiently capable space station.

All of that, however, requires a good amount of ambition. And I'm not sure if NASA under the current political system can deliver ambition.


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le-marktoday at 1:45 PM

> For example, medical interventions against zero-g decay

This seems obvious but I’ve never heard of anyone working on a drug to address it. Strapping astronauts to a treadmill yes, pills no.

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