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Where is my von Braun wheel?
In 1962. There — that answers the clickbaity title right away.
This historical pivot point matters today as commercial space companies contemplate artificial gravity again, potentially correcting a costly detour in humanity’s path to becoming a spacefaring civilisation. The Langley team’s grand vision for artificial gravity space stations was systematically sidelined by Apollo program priorities, budget constraints, and shifting administrative focus (especially post-Apollo). Once rotation creates a gravitational force, the ‘up-down’ dimension functions more like it does on Earth, making floor area per astronaut the more meaningful measurement — just as we use square footage rather than cubic volume to assess terrestrial living spaces.
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