Is artificial gravity ever going to be achievable? Currently, the best we can do is simulate gravity’s effects on a spacecraft by rotating or accelerating it. The Alcubierre warp drive theory suggests that warping space-time could create local gravitational fields, but the need for exotic matter and negative energy makes this impossible. It’s essentially replacing one impossible thing with another.
In 2016, Belgian mathematician Andre Huzufa proposed a different theoretical approach to generating gravitational fields using electromagnetic fields produced by solenoids.
However, this concept has not been experimentally proven yet, as the effect is extremely weak and would require electromagnetic fields much stronger than what we can currently generate.
This article addresses a question from Jude Carr via email: “Is artificial gravity possible?”
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