I loved this.

You’re right. I first read the article on mobile and didn’t click the GIF. That looks completely awkward and a little counter intuitive. I the look of the craft resembling the undercarriage of a car makes me expects the ‘wheels’ ro be turning. At first I thought having each habitat spin on its axis was a better idea…

The way i understood the design is that each individual inflated midules would rotate like wheels on a car so yes they would add points of potential failure. I do think that it’s worth the risk as all the health problems that the lack of gravity creates could potentially hurt the mission.

There is also the matter of relative time. As we get older each moment becomes shorter in relation to our accumulated timespan. At ten years old 1 month represents close to 1% of your total life. At 100 years old, 1 month represents only 0.083% of your total life therefore seeming much shorter. This is why when we…