Partial G Todo

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Launch vehicles

  • A careful comparison of Soyuz and Falcon 9/Dragon.
  • Are there any other possibilities?
  • Are some of the available vehicles big enough to carry up the crew and their supplies, reducing the number of launches?

Experiments

  • What is the impact of partial gravity on human health?
  • How much gravity does a human body need to stay healthy?
  • What kinds of exercise are needed to keep the human body healthy at partial gravity?
  • How much exercise is needed to keep the human body healthy at partial gravity?
  • Specifically: what is the health impact of Moon and Mars gravity?

Space station

  • How big are Bigelow stations?
  • How much do they cost?
  • How heavy are they?
  • How much extra payload can we fit inside, eg. to assemble a floor inside the inflatable walls?
  • What other modifications do we need to make these stations partial gravity research labs?
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