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   From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
   "Space Cadet"  wrote in message   
   news:1142606134.735142.194500@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > What we really need to find out, is there a minium exceptible g level   
   > that humans can handle w/o any debliating effects, that could drive the   
   > minium diameter that would be required for spacesettlements.   
      
   The old "Pioneering the Space Frontier" study suggested an orbiting   
   "variable G research facility" as an early goal, reasoning that the lessons   
   learned there would affect the mission design of the rest of the program.   
      
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