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Here is my idea for artificial gravity on Mars - make a habitat that is also a train, and build a large, circular, banked track that goes fast enough that those onboard feel 1g, maybe a little more even. I figure any serious Martian colony will need the ability to mass produce rails and trains anyways for bulk transport at some point; no convenient ocean or rivers to ship stuff around on. And then just have people periodically spend time on the gravity train to keep fit, maybe keep pregnant women on them, young children, and so on.