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:envihab human centrifuge. By spinning people, blood is encouraged to flow back towards the feet as artificial gravity is created.
The advantage of artificial gravity is that it has the potential of reducing most of the negative effects of weightlessness on the human body in one go.
:envihab’s centrifuge can adjust the centre of spin so that subjects can be spun around their heads or chests. Changing the position could have far-reaching consequences for rehabilitation but, as this is a new domain, nobody knows yet.