MM> I was wondering whether centrifugal force would be a suitable substitute fo
MM> gravity, and have long suspected that was why 1950's 'space movies' always
MM> depicted space stations as rotating wheels.

 I would think that centrifugal force would work
in two ways.

 First, it would throw you to the outer edges of
the space station. (The opposite of what gravity
does.)

 Second, the centrifugal force would also help to
stablize the station in space.

 I envision a station that looks like a wide
cylinder where you could walk on the inside "wall"
of the cylider and make a complete circle back to
your starting point. Your head would point towards
the center of the station at all times. The faster
the station spun, the stronger the "gravity", so
you could create just the amount of "gravity" that
you wanted.

 TTYL.

 Robert

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