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Sep 11

ESA centrifuge opens door to high-gravity worlds

Source: ESA


The LDC in action.
Credit: ESA.

Astronauts’ jobs sometimes weigh heavy on them: crews returning from space briefly endure ‘g-loading’ more than four times Earth normal. Scientists interested in hypergravity need to create it for minutes, days or even weeks at a time. Fortunately, ESA’s Large Diameter Centrifuge does just that. (read more)

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