Why don't astronauts wear weak magnets on the soles of their space shoes to help keep their feet on the ground? NoStupidQuestions

I'm assuming this has to be a stupid question because otherwise they'd be doing it, but seriously? I've seen how they strap people to the space treadmill so that they can exercise their poor floating muscles and bones...why not use some of that magnetic sheet that I'm using to make refrigerator magnets out of, cut a shoe sole out of it, and use a metal treadmill? or catwalks for getting around? Wouldn't the pull of the magnet simulate gravity better than...nothing?

Submitted October 06, 2014 at 08:22AM by irregodless http://ift.tt/1q0gG3P NoStupidQuestions