Copyright © 2017 by Stan Mott. Published by the Mars Society with permission. THE STAN MOTT ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY TEST SYSTEM Stan Mott ABSTRACT The Stan Mott Artificial Gravity System is designed to function within the Bigelow Aerospace BA 330 space habitat. Its primary purpose: determine how much artificial gravity is required to keep astronauts healthy on a mission to Mars. I present it as a practical alternative to Dr Alan Hargen’s “moon walker system” and ROSCOSMOS’ “Chibis suit”, both based on reduction of air pressure from the waist down to pull blood from the upper body to counter Lower Body Negative Pressure 1-2. My design is also a practical alternative to the giant torus3 or tether systems4 that spin a portion of, or a whole spacecraft, to create artificial gravity by centrifugal force to counter LBNP. INTRODUCTION Dr Hargen’s system is ingenious and economical, but he admits that “A centrifuge is probably the best thing we could give the astronauts.” A torus or tether centrifuge system could certainly provide adequate artificial gravity, but at a cost of billions and extensive developmental time. My artificial gravity system would be cheap and easy to build with known technology. It would be constructed primarily from carbon fiber, and transported to a Bigelow Aerospace BA 330 space habitat, attached to the ISS, where the system would be assembled. Long term tests would be carried out to determine the viability of the artificial gravity system itself, and to determine how much artificial gravity is required to keep astronauts healthy during long term stays in microgravity. The system would provide a genuine artificial gravity force, for the whole human body, head to toe, recognized by NASA as the best method of alleviating, or possibly eliminating, Lower Body Negative Pressure--the primary cause of physical illness in space. Nobody knows how much artificial gravity will be required to keep astronauts healthy enough during a six month voyage to land safely on Mars, as did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land safely on the Moon. But I suggest that my artificial gravity system would be one of the quickest and cheapest ways to find out. Details are provided in the following six illustrations. Illustration 1 ! Illustration 2 ! Illustration 3 ! Illustration 4 ! Illustration 5 ! Illustration 6 ! REFERENCES 1. https://blogs.nasa.gov/ISS_Science_Blog/2015/06/02/rubber-vacuum-pants-that-suck/ "Rubber Pants That Suck" article on Dr Alan Hargen's "Moon Walker System" and Russian "Chibis Suit" to counter LBLP. 2. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/25/artificial-gravity-device-could-be-key-to- astronaut health on Mars mission Additional information on Dr Alan Hargen's "Moon Walker System" and Russian "Chibis Suit" to counter LBNP. 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hObbL4DCesI "Nautilus-X - A Real Spaceship At Last" Features NASA designed spacecraft with torus artificial gravity system. 4. Zubrin, Robert M.;Baker, David A.;Gwynne, Owen, “Mars Direct: A Simple, Robust, and Cost Effective Architecture For the Space Exploration Initiative, 1991, http://www.marspapers.org/ paper/Zubrin_1991.pdf, p.9.