Rotating wheel space station

A rotating wheel space station is a hypothetical wheel-shaped space station that rotates about its axis, thus creating an environment of artificial gravity. Occupants of the station would experience centripetal acceleration according to the following equation,

where ${\displaystyle \omega }$ is the angular velocity of the station, ${\displaystyle r}$ is its radius, and ${\displaystyle a}$ is linear acceleration at any point along its perimeter.

In principle, the station could be configured to simulate the gravitational acceleration of Earth (9.81 m/s²).

Both scientists and science fiction writers have thought about the concept of a rotating wheel space station since the beginning of the 20th century. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky wrote about using rotation to create an artificial gravity in space in 1903. Herman Potočnik introduced a spinning wheel station with a 30 meter diameter in his Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums (The Problem of Space Travel). He even suggested it be placed in a geostationary orbit.

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