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My friend is telling me that if we could put water over the earth, it would cause the earth to become highly pressurized and that if you combined that with a higher oxygen concentration, we would live longer. He compared it to living your entire life in an extremely highly pressurized pod close to the center of the earth with an extremely high concentration of oxygen being continually pumped in. The air pressure would have to be pushing human limits, except eventually our bodies would flourish and we would live for centuries. It would also protect us from harmful radiation from space. Additionally, if you were that close to the earth's core, the massive increase in gravity would increase our lifespan even more.
This got me to thinking. What if they created a space shuttle with extremely thick walls to shield from radiation, pressurized it as much as humans can withstand, rotated it fast enough to simulate gravity much higher than on the earth's surface, and had a ridiculously high level of oxygen. You would be burning massive calories simply walking around under high gravity in a compressed oxygen bubble and living a normal life would be like a constant excruciating workout at the gym with no rest except when you are sleeping. You would consume massive quantities of food and water and burn massive amounts of oxygen. Your metabolism and caloric burn would be insane. How long could you live?
This got me to thinking. What if they created a space shuttle with extremely thick walls to shield from radiation, pressurized it as much as humans can withstand, rotated it fast enough to simulate gravity much higher than on the earth's surface, and had a ridiculously high level of oxygen. You would be burning massive calories simply walking around under high gravity in a compressed oxygen bubble and living a normal life would be like a constant excruciating workout at the gym with no rest except when you are sleeping. You would consume massive quantities of food and water and burn massive amounts of oxygen. Your metabolism and caloric burn would be insane. How long could you live?