{"id":65128,"date":"2015-04-08T17:45:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T21:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/could-this-300-billion-space-mushroom-replace-the-iss\/"},"modified":"2015-04-08T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T21:45:21","slug":"could-this-300-billion-space-mushroom-replace-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/could-this-300-billion-space-mushroom-replace-the-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"Could this $300 billion &#39;space mushroom&#39; replace the ISS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Washington, DC company United      SpaceStructureswants to      create a new space station              It rotates four times a minute to create      artificial gravity - with the 'stem' and 'dome spinning in      opposite directions              It would be 1,300ft (400 metres) long, cost      200 billion ($300 billion) and take 30 years to      build              We believe artificial gravity is required to      support long term living in space, Bill Kemp from USS told      MailOnline        <\/p>\n<p>    By Jonathan O'Callaghan for    MailOnline  <\/p>\n<p>    Published: 04:53 EST, 8 April    2015 | Updated: 09:40 EST, 8 April    2015  <\/p>\n<p>      147 shares    <\/p>\n<p>      111    <\/p>\n<p>      View      comments    <\/p>\n<p>    One problem with space travel is that humans arent very    good at coping with reduced gravity - their bones and muscles    deteriorate over time.  <\/p>\n<p>    But one company says they have an answer - a giant    rotating space cylinder that can create artificial    gravity.  <\/p>\n<p>    Scroll down for    video  <\/p>\n<p>      A Washington, DC-based company called United Space Structures      wants to create a new space station. Their giant cylinder      (shown, with the ISS and Space Shuttles illustrated) could      apparently replace the ISS. It would rotate four times per      minute to create artificial gravity, and would be 1,300ft      (400 metres) long, cost 200 billion ($300 billion) and take      30 years to build    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-3030087\/Could-300-billion-space-mushroom-replace-ISS-Giant-rotating-station-create-artificial-gravity-astronauts.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490\/RK=0\/RS=BML8DAU5G.zT8asMUUyVXduSKhE-\" title=\"Could this $300 billion &#39;space mushroom&#39; replace the ISS?\">Could this $300 billion &#39;space mushroom&#39; replace the ISS?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Washington, DC company United SpaceStructureswants to create a new space station It rotates four times a minute to create artificial gravity - with the 'stem' and 'dome spinning in opposite directions It would be 1,300ft (400 metres) long, cost 200 billion ($300 billion) and take 30 years to build We believe artificial gravity is required to support long term living in space, Bill Kemp from USS told MailOnline By Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline Published: 04:53 EST, 8 April 2015 | Updated: 09:40 EST, 8 April 2015 147 shares 111 View comments One problem with space travel is that humans arent very good at coping with reduced gravity - their bones and muscles deteriorate over time. But one company says they have an answer - a giant rotating space cylinder that can create artificial gravity.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/could-this-300-billion-space-mushroom-replace-the-iss\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-station"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}