The Gravity Option

--- Ian Woollard wrote:

> On 18/04/2008, Combs, Mike wrote:
> > I'm sure you're right in the vast majority of
> cases. But some minority
> > might decide they like the idea of them all
> looking like Arnold
> > Schwarzenegger. They might argue that it's
> healthier overall (the SF
> > assumption that lower G would extend lifespans
> has yet to be validated).
>
> The evidence seems to be that lower g reduces
> lifespan in fact.

I don't have a reference handy, but I recall an
experiment done by the Russians with rats that spent
their whole lives in a centrifuge at 2g. IIRC, the
rats ended up living much longer than normal rats.
Other studies have shown that hypergravity through
centrifugation upsets the circadian rhythm in rats.

(Google hypergravity rats)

I could definitely see Olympic or professional
atheletes training at high G in order to enhance
performance at 1g, much the same as many of them train
at high altitude today.

Ed