{"id":11986,"date":"2022-07-19T18:47:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1389725"},"modified":"2022-07-19T18:47:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T18:47:07","slug":"engineers-in-japan-to-build-artificial-gravity-habitat-on-the-moon-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=11986","title":{"rendered":"Engineers in Japan to build artificial gravity habitat on the Moon by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It sure looks like a lot of fun when we see videos of astronauts floating around in zero-gravity environments. But did you ever stop to think what prolonged weightlessness does to the human body?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll spare you the details, but suffice to say <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/good-luck-on-mars-die-horrific-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it isn\u2019t pretty<\/a>. And that means any crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, or anywhere else beyond the Earth\u2019s gravitational field have an undeniable time limit on them.<\/p>\n<p>Until we solve the whole gravity problem, permanent off-world colonies are pretty much a non-starter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper neural channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/neural.webp\"><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/neural.webp'\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\" readability=\"7\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\">Greetings, humanoids<\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe to our newsletter now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI stories in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, despite what a century of science fiction may have led you to believe, artificial gravity only exists in rudimentary experimental forms.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe srcdoc=\"\n\n<style>*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}<\/style>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G0AworhlfHU?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;theme=light&amp;playsinline=1'><img src='https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/G0AworhlfHU\/hqdefault.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><\/a>&#8221; height=&#8221;240&#8243; width=&#8221;320&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture&#8221; allowfullscreen frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243;>[embedded content]<\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <!--resp-video-container--><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who\u2019s ever been on a spinning amusement park ride understands how the force of inertia can imitate the pull of gravity, but scaling this concept to something large enough to support a decent-sized human colony would require a Herculean feat of cutting-edge engineering and an even bigger financial investment.<\/p>\n<p>Enter two of Japan\u2019s most prestigious organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/156674\/to-get-artificial-gravity-on-the-moon-youd-need-a-giant-rotating-lunar-base\/#more-156674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">an article<\/a> from Universe Today\u2019s Matt Williams:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>The study is a collaborative effort between Kyoto University and the Kajima Corporation (one of Japan\u2019s oldest and largest construction companies). The announcement was made during a press conference covered by Kansai TV NEWS and shared via their YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe srcdoc=\"\n\n<style>*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}<\/style>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TVQPAHPrdEo?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;theme=light&amp;playsinline=1'><img src='https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TVQPAHPrdEo\/hqdefault.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><\/a>&#8221; height=&#8221;240&#8243; width=&#8221;320&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture&#8221; allowfullscreen frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243;>[embedded content]<\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <!--resp-video-container--><\/p>\n<p><span>The above video shows<\/span> a<span>n amazing habitat where humans <\/span>would essentially&nbsp;be a<span>ble to work and live in an Earth-like&nbsp;environment<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial gravity would be achieved by building a huge cone-shaped building capable of rotating with enough power and speed to achieve the force required to simulate Earth\u2019s gravity. This would allow humans to walk, run, jump, and \u2014 perhaps most importantly \u2014 reproduce and give birth on the Moon, or perhaps even the surface of Mars.<\/p>\n<p><span>But, as Williams\u2019 <\/span>repor<span>t points out, this isn\u2019t a&nbsp;<\/span>mission&nbsp;an<span>nouncement. It\u2019s more like a press <\/span>rele<span>ase for a fun research partnership between Kyoto University and t<\/span>he Ka<span>jima<\/span> Corpora<span>tion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Takuya Ohn<\/span>o, a&nbsp;<span>lead&nbsp;<\/span><span>architect&nbsp;with the Kajima&nbsp;<\/span><span>Corporation, made as much clear during the video:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><span>Of&nbsp;course<\/span>, it\u2019s not&nbsp;<span>technical&nbsp;at<\/span> all, bu<span>t<\/span> it\u2019s very <span>important<\/span> to come&nbsp;up with<span> ideas at this stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If possible, I want to go to the Moon. More specifically, I want to go to Mars.<\/span> I wa<span>nt to&nbsp;<\/span>realize&nbsp;the<span> concept on the Moon in<\/span> some <span>way in 2050<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Neural\u2019s take:<\/strong> 2050 seems\u2026 overly optimistic. This idea is super cool and potentially technologically feasible. But, there\u2019s no telling how much something like this would cost and its implementation would require several ancillary technologies that simply don\u2019t exist yet.<\/p>\n<p>These include logistical concerns such as whether to build the structure piecemeal here on Earth and then come up with a novel transport system to send it to the Moon,&nbsp;or to create new machinery and techniques to facilitate construction in <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, they\u2019ll still have to come up with new techniques for assembling the structure on the Moon and providing it with enough energy and infrastructure to keep it spinning.<\/p>\n<p>All that aside, this feels more like a partnership whose ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation of STEM students and architects than a road map.<\/p>\n<p>MIT and NASA probably have a dozen projects like this lying around in various states of seriousness. And while it\u2019s great to see popular Japanese institutions getting in on futurism, nothing we\u2019re seeing in the video leads us to believe this project\u2019s got longer legs than similar moonshot ideas.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s also nothing there to make us think it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/engineers-in-japan-build-artificial-gravity-habitat-on-moon-by-2050\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sure looks like a lot of fun when we see videos of astronauts floating around in zero-gravity environments. 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