SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared hopes to have a 'tiny gravity vector' on Starship when it makes its way to Mars in the future.
The idea of using artificial gravity isn't new. In fact, we've seen it as a staple of science fiction entertainment for years. But Elon Musk says he wants to take the sci-fi notion and make it real by creating artificial gravity on Starship's long-term mission to Mars. It's no secret that Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, wants to send a ship full of humans to Mars. There are hopes of colonizing the Red Planet, but to do that, we first have to survive the trip.
But, if SpaceX is able to create spin gravity on Starship, it will be a huge step forward for long-term space missions. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1765522615056453857 Bone density loss is a huge issue that astronauts spending long stints in the expansive vacuum will need to be concerned with. A study in 2022 showed that astronauts aboard the ISS suffer a shocking amount of bone loss during their missions.
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