#3111: Artificial Gravity

XKCD comic, described below.
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[Cueball and Ponytail are standing near a blueprint of a spacecraft, with Cueball pointing at the blueprint. In place of conventional conical fairing, this spacecraft has a large mechanical arm on the nose. The arm is holding an egg-shaped capsule. Two semi-transparent drawings of the arm and the capsule are depicted on either side of it with speed streaks in between, implying shaking back and forth motion of the arm.]

Cueball: To produce artificial gravity during the voyage, the crew capsule is kept in constant motion.

Ponytail: Wouldn't it make more sense to spin it instead of shaking it, so the acceleration is steadier?

Cueball: ...Listen. You, I, and the crew all wish we'd thought of that before launch.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Low gravity can cause bone loss, so we're pleased to report that, since we initiated capsule motion, the number of bones in each crew member has been steadily increasing.


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