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A giant rotating wheel in space provides artificial gravity for its occupants, as discussed in Chapter 8.

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A giant rotating wheel in space provides artificial gravity for its occupants, as discussed in Chapter 8. Instead of a full wheel, discuss the idea of a pair of capsules joined by a tether line and rotating about each other. Can such an arrangement provide artificial gravity for the occupants?
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