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Can you bring gravity to space?
However, there are no current practical outer space applications of artificial gravity for humans due to concerns about the size and cost of a spacecraft necessary to produce a useful centripetal force comparable to the gravitational field strength on Earth (g).
How do you make no gravity?
Just make a room like an elevator (lift). Then make it move downward from a height. Let it accelerate downward with 9.81m/s^2. The body or person inside that room will experience zero gravity.
Can you turn on gravity in a spaceship?
The only physically possible way to create a force as strong as earth’s gravity that acts on all objects in a ship is through acceleration. A ship could achieve artificial gravity by rotating about its axis. To be practical, the radius of rotation would have to be quite large.
Why does space have zero gravity?
Because space is relatively empty, there is little air to feel whooshing past you as you fall and there are no landmarks to indicate you are moving. The second reason that gravity is not so obvious in space is because objects tend to orbit planets instead of hitting them.
What would happen if we could control gravity?
If you could control gravity or inertial forces, you would have a propulsion breakthrough (thrusting without rockets), a means to create synthetic gravity environments for space crews, a means to create zero-gravity environment on Earth – hey that could be fun – and a whole host of other things.
Is it possible to create artificial gravity?
Dave: In space, it is possible to create “artificial gravity” by spinning your spacecraft or space station. When the station spins, centrifugal force acts to pull the inhabitants to the outside. This process could be used to simulate gravity.
How can we simulate gravity on a space station?
When the station spins, centrifugal force acts to pull the inhabitants to the outside. This process could be used to simulate gravity. It wouldn’t be exactly the same, though, because large Coriolis forces would also be present, and things would fall in curves instead of straight lines.
How far does gravity extend out into space?
The effect of gravity extends from each object out into space in all directions, and for an infinite distance. However, the strength of the gravitational force reduces quickly with distance. Humans are never aware of the Sun’s gravity pulling them, because the pull is so small at the distance between the Earth and Sun.