...right here on Earth. Volunteers will spend sixty days strapped to a bed with their head lower than their feet to simulate the health effects of microgravity.
Then they will test various centrifuge systems on them. The goal is to come up with a "gravity" effect to keep astronauts healthy and fit on the long trip to Mars. Science fiction writers have long talked about spin gravity, but we haven't actually tried it yet. Until now.
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