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Ariel Ekblaw

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StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

We know that because of amazing studies done at MIT and elsewhere.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

He's the one that she did the experiment on.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

It's carnival rides.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

We get the Gravitron going and we play with people inside of it.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Kind of true.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Okay.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Yeah, human-sized centrifuge.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So we learned some from that, from studies in that.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

And then there's also been a lot of science about when the astronauts first get to the International Space Station, sometimes there's space sickness.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

They have to acclimate to the zero-g environment.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So we don't want you to be in a constant state of, are you in real gravity or are you in zero-g?

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

You kind of want to pick one or the other and then give the humans as much time as possible to acclimate in those different regimes.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

The reason we're so excited about this first phase, and then we're working towards our artificial gravity phase,

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

But the first phase where you're staying floating, it's a big sphere.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

You're floating in a big sphere.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

We call it a geode because you have to think about how to subdivide a sphere on the inside.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

It's not a rectangular prism.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So it's like little crystal chambers is kind of how we think about it.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

We want to do biotech.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

We want to do space infrastructure for the benefit of life on Earth first.