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Old October 19th 07, 06:58 PM posted to rec.arts.sf.science,sci.space.history
Mike Combs[_1_]
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Default Questions about "The High Frontier"

"Hop David" wrote in message
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Pat Flannery wrote:

We don't know what gravity's needed to stay healthy.


A question which the centrifuge module on the ISS might have answered, so
of course we canceled that.


ISTR that a centrifuge module would cost nearly as much as the ISS itself.


I think Pat was refering to a small centrifuge (fitting inside a work area)
which might have been good for white-mice type experiments.

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