As humanity ventures further into space, creating sustainable living conditions is becoming increasingly important. Recent ...

That means a space or Mars colony would need artificial gravity to keep residents healthy. Mars has some built-in gravity already — about 38% of what we experience on Earth.

The radiation intensity outside of Earth's magnetic field is between 10^3-10^6 that of earth's surface, so you have no real options - you need to shield all of it away.

That means a space or Mars colony would need artificial gravity to keep residents healthy. Mars has some built-in gravity already — about 38% of what we experience on Earth.

Forget Mars or the Moon - O’Neill Cylinders could be the real future of space colonization. These massive rotating space ...

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Orbital successfully completed a test of its proprietary cold gas engine thruster technology and software representing a significant proprietary industry milestone.

Bones turn thin and brittle. But what about Martian gravity, which is around 0.38 that of Earth? Or somewhere in-between — 0.16 G on the moon, or 0.91 on Venus?