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= Gee Plus =
== Adapting to a High RPM Environment ==
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== The Experiment ==

A 9 meter radius, rotating long-duration space habitat simulation on Earth, simulating 1.4 gees at 10 RPM.  1.4 gees is the vector sum of 1 gee horizontal and 1 gee vertical.  Experimental subjects with BMI < 20, having a "gravitational BMI" < 28 but the same "metabolic BMI". 
 
== Postulates ==

 .'''(1)'''  Humans evolved to run, hence may be optimized for > 1 gee
  . see work by Joan Vernikos, NASA Ames (retired)
  . zero gee causes rapid "aging"
 .'''(2)'''  The human vestibular system can adapt to high RPMS
  . Experiments with rotating rooms show 6 RPM adaptation in 3 days, 10 RPM in 5 days
  . Experiments with rotating tube beds suggest 30 RPM ( ! ) adaptation for head movements
  . Athletes undergo much faster head rotations

== Goals ==
 .'''(1)''' Test the Vernikos theory: do healthy humans do '''better''' in > 1 gee environments?
  . corollary: there is no lower-than-one-gee "sweet spot"; Moon and Mars gravity may partially accelerate aging as well
 .'''(2)''' Learn about long term vestibular adaption, and the transition from rotation to non-rotation
  . test frequent transitions through the hub to 1 gee and 0 RPM
 .'''(3)''' Select astronauts for vestibular tolerance for rotating habitats in microgravity
 .'''(4)''' Make low BMI '''''rotonauts''''' into '''heros'''


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=== Math ===

$ a = 9.81 \times gee ~=~ \omega^2 R  ~=~ { \Large \left( { 2 \pi } \over T \right) }^2 R  ~=~ 4 \pi^2 { \Large { R  \over T^2 }  } ~~~ T $ in seconds

$ gee \times T^2 \approx 4 R ~~~~~ T  ~=~ 60 / RPM $

$ R ~=~ { \Large \left( 30 \over RPM \right)}^2 gee $