A_M_Swallow: AGRARIAN multi-arm rodent satellite (2015)
"Artificial Gravity via Rotating Arms for Rodent Inhabitation and Arable Nurturing."
Design summary
- Specs. $500M, 15–20 t. Seven arms at 1, 0.75, 0.5, 0.376, 0.25 and 0.1654 g, plus a 0 g control; ~2 t per arm; 10 m radius arms (mice are 10 cm, per the 1% rule); contra-rotating for stability A_M_Swallow, 2015-10-05; A_M_Swallow, 2015-10-05.
- Multi-g trays. In a 1.85 m Dragon radius, trays at several radii give ~10 g-levels at once A_M_Swallow, 2015-09-01.
- Alternative (high road): a hub with two counter-rotating experiment modules on extendable tethers for sequential studies high road, 2015-10-05.
Critiques raised
- Don't mix biological and engineering experiments in one project A_M_Swallow, 2015-09-04.
Open questions
- Is a 10 m radius enough to avoid confounding Coriolis effects in rodents?
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Forum posts
- A_M_Swallow, 2015-09-01 (reply #583): Multi-g trays. Post.
- A_M_Swallow, 2015-09-04 (reply #616, 1 like): Don't mix experiments. Post.
- A_M_Swallow, 2015-10-05 (reply #667): AGRARIAN. Post.
- high road, 2015-10-05 (reply #668): Extendable tethers. Post.
- A_M_Swallow, 2015-10-05 (reply #669): Specs. Post.