When I say impossible here's what I mean: it's impossible on time scales that humans care about. It defies human psychology, which overwhelmingly weights short term benefits and costs more than long ...

Learn how to calculate the spin rate required for a spacecraft to generate artificial gravity at half of Earth’s gravity! In this video, we break down the physics behind rotational motion, centripetal ...

Engineers at Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation, part of the state-run space agency Roscosmos, have proposed a new answer. According to a patent obtained by the Russian news agency TASS, the ...

Random stroke of curiosity regarding human space-flight on long-duration transfer orbits (e.g. Earth to Mars): What issues of health or habitation would be mitigated by maintaining some minimal amount ...