Laurence Malcom
in Japanese scientists are bringing a new twist to human life in outer space with a proposal to build centrifugal skyscrapers on the Moon and Mars.
Academics and people from Kyoto University at Kajima Construction, one of Japan’s largest construction companies, have been involved in this concept they call “Luna Glass” and “Mars Glass”.
If the glass towers were to be erected, they would be 400 meters high (roughly the height of the Empire State Building in New York City) and 100 meters wide. To provide the gravity we are accustomed to in our home world, the tower will rotate on its central axis at a rate of one revolution every 20 seconds. The researchers said the constellations would produce about 1 gigagram at their widest point, the same gravitational force found on Earth.
People will live on the inner walls of the tower, just like the Dyson Sphere featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Halo episodes of the eponymous game series, Ring-like home Considered by NASA, or any other number of science fiction and non-fiction necessities that rely on centrifugal force to generate artificial gravity.
Life inside Luna Glass from the inside
The researchers said in article Declare the concept (which is automatically translated). The team said that low-gravity research in humans has been limited to adults, and that research has shown how severe the problem of zero or low-gravity can be for human health.
according to NASAAstronauts lose muscle mass more quickly, are at increased risk of kidney stones and calcium deficiency, can have vision problems, develop enlarged brains, and lose 1 to 1.5 percent of their weight-bearing bone mineral density per month. The Japanese team is taking these concerns a step further: If people were to live in space, what would low gravity do to childhood development, and how would it complicate childbirth?
“We consider a living facility of artificial gravity can be generated [1G to be] The Japanese team said … the basic technology for humans to advance into space.
This is a video of the constellation of Mars may be They look, by Kyoto standards:
In addition to developing the glass towers, the Kyoto/Kajima team said their conceptual view of space living also includes two other components: a “basic biome” consisting of the minimum amount of natural materials needed to provide the colony with food, clothing, and shelter; and “hexatrack,” a train-like artificial gravity transportation system designed to keep colonists tied to the Moon and Mars on Earth during the long journey.
Yusuke Yamashiki, director of the Kyoto University department working on the project, said that while countries like the United States and the United Arab Emirates are working toward colonizing the Moon and Mars, they haven’t yet touched on the three concepts his team has developed.
“These three pillars that we propose are essential technologies that are not in other countries’ development plans and are indispensable to ensuring that human colonization of space is realized in the future,” Yamashiki said. ®
