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Would make a great TV series, a la Terra Nova. You might have a society where the average lifespan is cut in half, predominant diseases are space-related and accidents are a daily or weekly part of life. It wouldn't be like living on Earth, but it would be something.

You might enjoy The Expanse book series! There are several world-building tangents that delve into exactly this area.

I'm thinking (no spoilers) specifically of how Ceres, having been spun up to provide artificial gravity, becomes a destination for expecting mothers trying to avoid complications associated with low-G.

Surely Ceres would just fling itself apart?

It sure would. Not that you could spin up something so large.

I also like how the only sci-fi conceit the book asks for (besides the antagonist aliens obviously) are the engines which are right on the edge of the theoretical maximum.

That TV show is great.

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