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    $\begingroup$ Could you use a different force to simulate gravity? Make everyone wear ferrous clothing perhaps? $\endgroup$
    – Matt Bowyer
    Commented Aug 18, 2017 at 14:28
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    $\begingroup$ Magboots are a thing but they don't allow for pets, personal items, weaponry... etc $\endgroup$
    – Disgusting
    Commented Aug 18, 2017 at 15:15
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    $\begingroup$ If you're willing to handwave artificial gravity, you can also handwave the effect you mentioned. Because just as you just realized, artificial gravity means free thrust for the spaceship which uses it. Actually you can incorporate that into your world, having a spaceship which moves it's gravity generator around instead of using low power thrusters for fine navigation. $\endgroup$
    – Tomáš Zato
    Commented Aug 19, 2017 at 0:13
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    $\begingroup$ That's known as "a reactionless drive" AKA total annihilation of the conservation of momentum. $\endgroup$
    – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten
    Commented Aug 19, 2017 at 19:40
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    $\begingroup$ Alternatively, any force generated by the gravity re-appears as an equal and opposite force on the gravity generator. $\endgroup$
    – SomeoneSomewhereSupportsMonica
    Commented Aug 20, 2017 at 3:26