artgrav?

[orcot]

10x10-4G
artificial gravity using superconducters has always made me frown. But this is ESA claiming it.
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0603033
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=579
any change there is something in this?

[eburacum45]

A very weak effect; possibly useful for accelerating objects without subjecting them to internal g-forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitoelectromagnetism#Higher-order_effects
but not yet artificial gravity for spacecraft floors. Any gravitomagnetic effect is likely to be accompanied by horrendous magnetic fields, which would disrupt any electronic equipment you might be carrying.

[orcot]

so It's a bid like those levitating frogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_levitation), yeah I agree that there is little future in that altough the rechearge behind it is proberly nice

[orcot]

I gues this mission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Gravity_Biosatellite) is going to be a better test for artificial gravity

altough 34 rpm is far outside the confort zone. I hope they can find a way to stabile the craft and alter the life support so the mouses habitat can be hung from a tether that's at least a couple of meters long (to reduce the RPM)

http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/images/artificial_gravity_and_the_architecture_of_orbital _habitats.2.gif