Re: A never-ending study on how to mess up humans...
Two Bigelow B330 units, one manned, and with an additional orbital manouvering unit docked, in case of emergencies. The other with autonomous scientific experiments and ballast, joined by a dozen kevlar/carbon fibre/whatever latest best tether material is cables; add spin. Investigate effects of LOW gravity (maybe start with 0.1G then go to 0.2G, etc, perhaps)? - that'll get some kind of handle on whether less than 1G mitigates the effects felt in 0G, and to what extent. We could do this now with currently available technology, although I wouldnt; blame 'them' one bit for being cautious re planning for astronaut rescue in all situations (eg: catastrophic failure of all tethers simultaneously), plus how does one regain control of a unit the size of B330 unit that's one of a pair flung apart by centrifugal force?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
