So we will only have little “a” addicts
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So with regards to telescopes and “quite” zones in space with no existing matter of any kind…. I give you my next travel trip on my Harley I’m planning for 2026, Lord willing!
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This is pretty cool…
China’s new centrifuge bends time and space.
CHIEF1900 is the world’s most powerful hypergravity centrifuge. Developed by Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Group and installed at Zhejiang University, this engineering marvel can simulate hundreds of years of geological change in just a few days. It does this by spinning massive samples — weighing tons — at forces up to 1,900 times Earth’s gravity.
The machine is part of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), a national lab buried 49 feet (15 meters) underground to reduce vibration. Its predecessor, CHIEF1300, came online just months ago and already held the world record. CHIEF1900 smashes that record with higher capacity and greater precision.
Why build a “time machine” for dirt and rock?
Because real-world disasters — like dam failures, earthquakes, or pollutant leaks — unfold over decades or centuries. Researchers can’t afford to wait that long. With CHIEF1900, they can build scaled-down models of dams or terrain, then subject them to realistic forces that simulate centuries of stress in just days.
It’s not just about testing failure — it’s about preparing for it.
From studying how toxins seep through soil over generations to predicting the long-term stability of infrastructure, this machine gives scientists a powerful new way to forecast, prevent, and adapt to future environmental risks.
Learn more:
“China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time.” South China Morning Post, 2025.
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and maybe screw up the balance of natural gravity along the way>?
Well they could be screwing up the rotation with the dams they have and are building, why not check all the boxes?
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oh I like that. I mean I’m sure computer models can get you so far bu thaving something THAT realistic can really save lives.
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Wouldn’t you need to be spinning something the size of a mountain range to actually affect the Earth’s gravity in any noticeable way?
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Either that, or a couple of Canadian women.
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I was curious so I asked ChatGPT about this, here’s what it said:
So there’s this new Chinese centrifuge, CHIEF1900, that spins massive samples at forces up to 1900 times the Earth’s gravity. How large would a sample have to be for this effort to noticeably affect the earth’s gravity?
The key trick here is that a centrifuge doesn’t increase gravity. It creates a large apparent “gravity” (1900 g) in the rotating frame via centripetal acceleration. Outside the machine, the only thing that changes Earth’s gravitational field is mass distribution, and spinning a sample doesn’t change its total mass.
So the question “how big a sample would it take to noticeably affect Earth’s gravity?” is really: how much mass would you need to add/move so that g at Earth’s surface changes by a noticeable amount?
Earth-wide “noticeable” change in g
Earth’s surface gravity is
<BUNCH OF EQUATIONS THAT DON’T COPY AND PASTE WELL FROM CHATGPT>
If you add a mass m to Earth (without changing Earth’s radius much), the fractional change is approximately
Pick a “noticeable” threshold
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Human-noticeable (≈0.1%): <MORE EQUATIONS BASED ON EARTH’S MASS AND GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT>
That’s Moon-scale, not “sample”-scale.
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Geophysics noticeable on good instruments (≈1 microgal)
That’s about the mass of a large mountain (or a several-km asteroid), still wildly beyond any lab sample.
So: to change Earth’s gravity everywhere by an amount that sensitive gravimeters would call “noticeable,” you’re in the For humans to “feel” it, you’re up around .
What about the fact it’s spinning at 1900 g?
It doesn’t help.
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The gravitational pull a mass creates is set by its mass, not by how hard it’s being accelerated internally.
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A 1-ton sample in a 1900 g centrifuge is still a 1-ton mass gravitationally.
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The spin only makes the local gravity field from that mass wiggle slightly in time (tiny time-varying multipole terms), but the scale is still set by , and the device’s size is so small compared to Earth that it’s negligible globally.
A fun contrast: “noticeable” only if you stand next to it
If “noticeable” means “a gravimeter sitting ~1 meter away sees a change,” then you only need
So a couple hundred kilograms nearby is “measurable” to a sensitive gravimeter—but again, that’s just ordinary gravity from mass, not enhanced by the centrifuge.
Bottom line
- Spinning at 1900 g doesn’t increase Earth’s gravity at all in any meaningful global sense.
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IDK, maybe its just me, but I read “China Builds New Coolio Science Machine”,
and all I see is 3 Body Problem 1960s Rosalind Chao hit the “■■■■ It, It Cant Get Worse” button….
And I’m still thinking about how fluoride was once considered safe, as were cell phones… etc…. And now we know they have bad side effects….
I’m sry but there really imho is no reason for this machine…..
here’s one for ya all… is it the Matrix, aliens or God
Right now I would simply call it interesting. Like this, theory until it isn’t.
China has announced an enormous new energy vision: a one-kilometer-wide solar power station floating in orbit, designed to gather sunlight nearly nonstop.
Instead of relying on weather or daylight, this system would capture uninterrupted solar power in space and beam it back to Earth through controlled microwave transmission.
Because sunlight in orbit never fades—no clouds, no night—the platform could run around the clock, delivering clean electricity every hour of the year.
Researchers estimate a single station could provide more annual energy than all the oil humanity burns today, reshaping how the world powers itself.
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Holy shit.
They’re going to microwave us.
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China is going to lap us in many areas, if it hasn’t happened already. We’re too fixated on culture wars, meanwhile they are solving serious issues.
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I have seen this alot. The issue is getting the energy back down to earth.
Rocket? It takes starship (the largest current rocket) enough energy to power 2,000+ houses for a year.
Now for data centers it makes a BOAT load of sense to do that.
“China is building a massive, integrated renewable energy project in the Kubuqi Desert, Inner Mongolia, often called the “Solar Great Wall,” aiming for 100 gigawatts (GW) capacity by 2030 to power northern China, incorporating vast solar arrays, wind, storage, and thermal power, turning desert into green energy hub.”
“Scale: Expected to be 250 miles long, 3 miles wide, with 100 GW capacity.”
“Timeline: A significant 8 GW phase is expected by 2027, with the larger goal by 2030. “
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It’s a paper tiger right now, the project they are doing right now,(see above), is here.
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Usa needs to start doing that in New Mexico.
I think it was like 1/32 of the state covered in panels would power the entire usa
The US plan apparently appears to be increasing the military budget by 50%. Worked for the Romans and the USSR.
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