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by bjelkeman-again 989 days ago
> Artificial gravity is provided to the crew on the way out to Mars by tethering off the burnt out Ares upper stage and spinning up at 1 rpm.

From

Mars Direct: A Simple, Robust, and Cost Effective Architecture for the Space Exploration Initiative, by Robert Zubrin, February 1991

DOI:10.2514/6.1991-329