Can You Create Artificial Gravity? | Earth Science

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Published 2017-04-27
Floating around in the zero gravity space might sound fun, but it makes doing much of anything hard. Artificial gravity would help us settle space, but can it be done? Earth Science explains.

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All Comments (21)
  • @pmerbay
    No cats were harmed in the making of this video. Probably
  • @Xenro66
    1:49 What is it with "science" channels and not using SI units? xd
  • @anthonylosego
    Ahh the pursuit of artificial gravity is a daunting task. Don't let it get you down.
  • @TheGolfdaily
    When I was a teenager back in the 80s, I though we would have anti gravity and artificial gravity by now... Sad. 😩
  • @sierraalice8072
    1. Invent time travel 2. Ask future humans if they have any ideas
  • i'v got a dumb question ....!!! What if we build a big gravitational machine big enough That can bend light Can we teleport from it?? Or it effects the earth gravitational What if we put that machine A lot more deep down from the highest mountains In artic or somwhere like everest.... Things really get starts (Gravity works as mass calculated as "g") Higher the mass it faster hits the ground With higher speed means higher "g"s So what if we tried to push something from top of the Mountain Straight To down wards where gravity machine is being place which pulls object's like earth does So basically the falling objects is getting pulled by earth's gravity and our machine at the same time With double the speed To achieve the speed of light ( teleport) basically i`m not a sciene student so excuse me i"m wrong
  • While magnets can definitely help with walking around the inside or outside of a space ship, it's not even close to a replacement for gravity. See, when a normal force (like gravity, or centrifugal force) acts on something, it will distribute the acceleration pretty evenly across the object. Although magnets can create a very strong force on something, it's more like sticking something to a wall in zero g. If you put magnets in your boots, for example, your feet will easily stick to the floor. But the rest of your body will still remain in zero g, especially if you're standing still.
  • @DoctorHollowX
    I'm doing a similar project on mass lol, but mainly an air resistance project!
  • @DylanBegazo
    Imagine doing weight lifting in a room that’s 5 or 7 times earth’s gravity! Humans could get so much stronger. Stronger bones. Denser bones. Public access. You use it for 2 hours a day or 3 hours a day. Just like Dragon Ball ☺️ I want that type of gym.
  • @Roxas99Yami
    First of all a few misconceptions here. Gravity is not a "force" and it does not "pull". A massive object (earth) bends the natural geodesic lines of space-time more near itself, than further. This creates what is known as a tidal effect. The bottom of the melon, feels a greater tidal effect because it is nearer to earth than the top side of the melon. This differential in tidal forces, causes the melon to follow the natural flow of space-time, hence accelerating towards the earth. In the case of the earth - melon system, the geodesic tides are not nearly strong enough, nor is the melon big enough for it to feel different g's on the bottom and on the top side (these differential in g's does exist but it is so small that the electromagnetic forces holding the melon together as an object keep it intact) but in the case of 2 big planetary bodies, the story is different. The moon does "feel" different g's on each of its sides because of its large diameter. If the moon was orbiting even closer to earth, the differential would be even greater, to the extent that the electromagnetic forces that hold the moon's molecules together, would not be strong enough to keep it intact (but the moon would need to be orbiting very close for this phenomena to happen). If you were to stand on top of a very small black hole (say 1 meter in diameter), the geodesic of space-time would be much more bent on your feet than on your head, causing you to feel the tidal effect with extreme consequences. Please use SI units in the video
  • @ManintheArmor
    Could use those centrifugal rings for sleeping quarters instead, what with your head and feet on the same level relative to one another. Wouldn't need to be as big, and you could even make it spin at 2 Gs.
  • @Johny40Se7en
    "Astronauts still float around like complete chumps!" 😅🤭😆🤣 Really enjoyed your video, cheers 👍😊
  • @saskoilersfan
    I love it . Your technical ..then you dumb it down with a pail of water... You don't even realize you solved hollow earth...
  • @newbiegamer3040
    Is there a possible way to have a room (on earth) where you weigh more than you normally do. I'm thinking of having a room for physical training.