If Muhammad does not go to the mountain, the mountain goes to Muhammad. Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have put this famous saying to the test. Thus, they have decided that, if we cannot survive for long generations under the gravity of the Moon or Mars, we could look for ways to create one that suits us. After all, adapting the environment to our needs is the specialty of human beings.
How do they plan to get it? According to your report, the answer lies in huge rotating structures made of glass. The researchers comment that, with this movement, we would be able to generate a traction similar to that produced by gravity on earth. This would allow us to avoid health problems associated with differences in gravity in other bodies in the universe.
After all, traveling to Mars and the Moon are two of humanity’s biggest dreams. Would our first baby steps to becoming an interplanetary species. However, it has been shown that the lack of gravity, or the excess of it, can hinder various aspects of our health and the physiognomy of our body.
gravity vs. the evolution of human body
Among these phenomena, we have the severe loss of bone structure, back pain, muscle damage, reduced cardiovascular activity and some other little things that the specialists do not recommend. In fact, the astronauts of Apollo 11, the ship that took humanity to the Moon, suffered each and every one of these effects during their round trips.
But why does the difference in gravity affect us so much? On the Moon, for example, we find less gravity than on Earth. This results in bodies becoming weak to the point that they cannot support their own weight. Now, suppose we happen to have the first lunar bases. What would happen to the first settlers after several years of exposure?
The human body, and the rest of the species on the planet, have evolved to withstand Earth’s gravity. A change in it could be enough to exterminate entire species from the face of the Earth.
The revolutionary project that will take humans to the Moon and Mars
Under the name of Lunar Glass and Mars Glass, these Japanese researchers present us with their proposal. Within these enclosures, human beings who land for the first time on these celestial bodies they will be able to experience a gravity very similar to that of the Earth. When would the first of these devices be ready? The researchers say that it would take a long time to bring the project to fruition, concluding that in 2050 they hope to be able to establish the first base with terrestrial gravity on the Moon.
Is about cylindrical buildings 400 meters high and 100 meters wide. These enclosures would be in constant rotation, completing one turn every 20 seconds. Thus, a gravitational force equivalent to Earth’s gravity would be produced, which is 9.81 meters per second squared. How is it possible? Thanks to the centrifugation effect.
The effort produced by this movement would create an attractive force equivalent to gravity on Earth. In addition, these buildings would be prepared to have bodies of water and vegetation, giving it an air more similar to our home planet.
Until now, it is one of the initiatives for the future of humanity that has surprised us the most. Assuming we can make it to 2050 without climate change wiping us all out, ensuring bearable gravity would be one of the essential points to ensure our expansion by the Solar System.