Martian Gravity

September 19th, 2002 2:12 AM

Space.com is carrying a story about a joint project between MIT, the University of Washington, Seattle, and the University of Queensland, Brisbane which will investigate the effects of Martian gravity on mammalian development:

“The plan is to build a spacecraft capable of housing a small crew of mice. Hurled into low Earth orbit, this troop of “right stuff” rodents will live aboard the spinning satellite - a specially designed craft that creates artificial gravity identical to the true gravity field found on Mars.

“Spending seven-weeks in orbit, the mice will live, grow, and develop in a Mars-like gravity environment. That is one-third the gravity of their native Earth. Then the satellite and its precious cargo are to reenter and land safely back on terra firma.”

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