SPACE JOURNEYS

1.1INTRODUCTION
1.2 IS THIS INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC
1.3 CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

IS OUR ORGANISM PREPARED TO TRAVEL TO SPACE?

-ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS FACING THE BODY'S FUNCTIONALITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES TO SPACE TRAVEL IS WEIGHT LOSS.
-THIS WEIGHT LOSS SEEMS TO BE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY AN APPARENT LOSS OF BONE MASS (KNOWN AS ALLISON SYNDROME OR ASTRONAUT DISEASE) AND SIGNIFICANT
MUSCLE ATROPHY

THIS WEIGHT LOSS ALSO ENTAILS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BLOOD VOLUME. THE LACK OF GRAVITY CAUSES THE BLOOD INSTEAD OF REACH THE LOWER LIMBS GOES TOWARDS
THE HEAD AND CHEST. TO AVOID THIS, THE HEART MUST WORK WITH GREATER INTENSITY, INCREASING THE VOLUME OF BLOOD IN EACH BEAT, SO THE HEART RATE AND
BLOOD PRESSURE WILL ALSO INCREASE. THIS OVEREXERTION OF THE CELLS CARDIAC CAUSES AN INCREASE OF SIZE OF THE HEART.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT IS THE DIET. THEY NEED TO CONSUME LOTS OF ENERGY IN THE SIMPLEST WORKS CARRYING OUT. IN ADDITION, TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE
INTENSE DEGRADATION OF THEIR BONES, THEY NEED AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF CALCIUM AND IRON TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF RED BLOOD CELLS. ANOTHER
ADDED PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE LACK OF GRAVITY IS THE SUPPRESSION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE SUBJECT, WHICH MAY FACILITATE THE EASIEST INFECTION BY
PATHOGENS IN THE STATE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. IS KNOWN THAT A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTES INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE IMMUNE, THEM LYMPHOCYTES T, ARE REPRESSED IN
THEIR ACTIVITY IN CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE WEIGHTLESSNESS IN THE SPACE.

ANOTHER ADDITIONAL HEALTH PROBLEM IS EXPOSURE ELEVATED RADIATION THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF CANCER, ALSO THE PRESENCE OF VIRUS AND MICROORGANISMS IS
DANGEROUS. LACK OF GRAVITY ALSO HAVE INFLUENCY IN MEDICATION

IS THIS INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC?

ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION THIS WAS PUBLISHED BY DR. ANTONIO LPEZ FARRE IN 14/04/12. THE
NAME OF THE PAGE IS TEINTERESA.ES. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF IMAGES THAT SUPORT THIS
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EFFECTS HTTPS://COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKI/FILE:SPACE_FLUID_SHIFT.GIF
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION IN MORE DETAIL THAT EXPLAINS THIS EFFECTS:
THE SPACIAL MEDICINE IS A PART OF THE MEDICINE THAT STUDIES THE EFFECTS THAT PRODUCE THE SPACE
TRAVELS . THIS WAY SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON THE BODY , WHAT
HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DESIGN OF SUITS FOR ASTRONAUTS. ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT ARE THE
INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LACK OF GRAVITY ON THE HUMAN BODY WHICH HAS
DEVELOPED TO THE OMNIPRESENT GRAVITY. BECAUSE OF THAT, BEFORE STARTING THE EXPEDITION,
ASTRONAUTS ARE SUBJECT OF A LARGE TREATMENT IN ANTI-GRAVITY CHAMBERS THAT WARM THE BODY. THE
INGRAVITY MAKES THAT FLUIDS GO TOWARDS DOWN