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From: rwa@aurora.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander)
Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.research,sci.space
Subject: Re: Room Temperature fusion - possible indications?
Summary: there's more way than one to make artificial gravity...
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Date: 31 Mar 89 06:09:20 GMT
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In article <1989Mar26.003753.11770@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> Nonsense.  Supplying artificial gravity using centrifugal force is no big
> deal, although getting the radius long enough to avoid inner-ear problems
> is certainly a nuisance.
[...]
> You've also forgotten at least two other ways out of the problem:  better
> space propulsion to cut down the lengths of the missions, or just being

As a matter of fact, if your propulsion technology is good enough, it
will supply artificial gravity all by itself - one gravity constant
boost is artificial gravity by any reasonable definition of the term.
:-)

	Ross