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Interesting, thanks. Two more questions: - Could the rotation of the station/ spacecraft be initiated by a reaction wheel or control-moment gyro like many satellites use? If not, why? - Any idea why this hasn't been attempted in space? It doesn't seem like one would need to add a...

Hey all, I recently read a bit about proposals to induce "artificial gravity" on a Mars mission by spinning two sections of a spacecraft on a long cable in order to create a centrifugal force that would simulate gravity by pulling astronauts outward toward the floor of their capsule, or...