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by Xcelerate 5063 days ago
Although what about from a human health perspective? Can humans survive in a gravity that weak for a long time? What about animals?
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What's long? a year? twenty?

And to answer that question and others is why we(humans) have bothered with Space Lab, Mir, IST. You can Google answer.

No, I mean if humans were to colonize Mars -- would gravity make that process difficult?
Definitely, with little gravity it could even be impossible for women to bear and give birth to a child
I'm unfamiliar with how gravity factors into pregnancy and birthing. Do you have any further details on that?