space travel? can it cause problems?
By tafoya
@tafoya (272)
United States
April 24, 2007 3:49pm CST
how many of you have thought of space travel? it is true that when you go into space you weigh 1 sisth of what you weigh on earth. can you have some health affect from when you come back down from space,like dizzyness,nausia ect..?!!!
2 responses
@ashu2077 (88)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Hi All,
Space travel is know to make bones brittle.
Since gravity is only 1/6 the bones dont get enough weight to built strength and density.
So if the person returns back to earth the extra gravity pull causes issues.
Ash
@ashu2077 (88)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Of course in order to get bone issues the person to live in space for a very long time.
Since only adults go to space this is not much an issue because the bones have already developed enough density on Earth before the person goes to space.
The problem would occur to children who are growing and are exposed to insufficient gravity pull over an extended period of time.
Ash
@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
7 Jun 07
It's proven that it attacks our bones. They lose lots of calcium, and there are other side effects. But well that's only dangerous for long exposures.
