2006-08-15 05:55:22 · 14 answers · asked by dip_127 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you mean "can we create a gravity environment equivilant to that of earth on the moon", then the answer is probably not...at least, not on the surface of the moon.
See, the gravity of most objects in space is determined by their mass and raising the moon's mass to something approaching that of earth in order to give it more gravity is highly improbable.
Not only that, it would have disasterous effects on earth...
2006-08-15 06:06:56 · answer #1 · answered by Silver 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Moon has gravity, as many people already said. The only way to create the sensation of gravity in space where things appear weightless is to have a space ship that rotates - then the people on the inside would feel like they are being pushed against the outer wall - like that amusement park ride where you're in that round barrel-type thing that spins around and the floor drops away and the people stay against the wall.
No one has yet created a room on Earth (or elsewhere) where they can push a button and turn off gravity. That's just science fiction. That type of artificial gravity does not exist.
2006-08-15 14:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The moon has some gravity there already otherwise the astronauts who landed there would have floated away.
If you want to create artificial gravity on the moon for practical purposes such as a living environment, you'd have to build it using a "cyclotron" concept. A cyclotron is an environment based on a spinning wheel concept. The spinning wheel would generate centrifigal force that would create the effect of gravity. Watch the film called, "2001: A Space Odessy".
2006-08-15 13:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by Joe_D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is a little gravity on the moon, but I guess there can be some gravity generator forcefield in the future. However creating too much artificial gravity may cause the moon to crack apart.
2006-08-15 13:04:11 · answer #4 · answered by scuderia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but on a small scale. You could build a centrifuge and use it to generate an artificial gravity within the centrifuge. If you want to create an artificial gravity on the whole moon then you've been reading way too much Sci Fi.
2006-08-15 13:03:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could increase the mass of the moon and in turn the gravity, but that weould really mess up the Earth-Moon harmonics. There are ways to simulate gravity in a centrufuge but it would be difficult to sustain on a body which already has gravity. Spinning space stations are better off in space where they don't have to account for the additional stress of resisting the moon's gravity.
2006-08-15 13:17:00 · answer #6 · answered by April C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moon already has gravity, just like anything with mass...
The Moon's gravity is about 1/6 of Earth's at the surface...
The force of gravity is given by:
F = GMm/R^2
where, G = gravitational constant
M = central body mass
m = attracted body mass
R = distance between the center of mass of each.
2006-08-15 13:51:50 · answer #7 · answered by AresIV 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is so hard for humans to control the gravity as the moon is not a computerised room which can be regulated with a touch of a automatic button. But they are able to own one such labatory in major research areas like NASA and in Russia etc. It will take a few more centuries before something so powerful and dramatic like that can be made!!!! It took one century to bulit one good space suit by the way.
2006-08-15 13:05:12 · answer #8 · answered by payal m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon has gravity but it just somewhat less than ours. Without gravity the astronauts would just float off into space when they went there.
2006-08-15 13:08:31 · answer #9 · answered by Philip C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't need to. The moon already has gravity, just not a lot.
2006-08-15 13:00:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋