Vibration as a means to reduce bone loss in microgravity

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[snikt]
> I guess I was thinking along the lines of durations of 2 years or more.
> Yes, I'd agree with you that for shorter durations, rotating for a full 1
G
> would probably not be necessary. For duty shifts of 1 year, let's say, it
> most certainly wouldn't be needed.
>

Agreed.

Also, I've said several times that I don't discard the possibility of zero-g
*permanent* colonies full of freak-looking free-floating people. I just
think that that is kind of unlikely due to the long term hazardous effects
to human health (and probably to human reproduction) and the general,
omnipresent pain in the ass of living in a zero-g environment. (I've tried
to imagine doing simple things in zero g like cooking and, uh, answering
Mother Nature's calls, if you know what I mean, and all of that seems
horrendously complicated and/or messy. Better to just spin you habitat.)

>
> Regards,
>

Regards,

> Mike Combs

Lucio Coelho