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ethan_smithyesterday at 7:13 PM1 replyview on HN

The centrifugal gravity approach requires a massive structure - you need something like 200+ meter radius to keep rotation rates low enough that Coriolis effects don't make people nauseous (which would create a whole different toilet problem). Building a better space toilet is orders of magnitude cheaper and lighter than spinning up a habitat.


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teraflopyesterday at 8:50 PM

SpinCalc is a useful simple tool for looking at the tradeoffs of centrifugal artificial gravity: https://www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/