keccers
@keccers.eth
A look at some of the active experiments being conducted to learn how the human body reacts to space travel Zero T2 How do astronauts bodies react with less exercise? We can’t bring treadmills on the trip to Mars. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station typically exercise for two hours each day. CIPHER How bodily systems react to differing mission durations. Spaceflight Standard Measures creating a set of biometric baselines for what is “healthy” in space Testing a potential treatment for spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome Some astronauts, but not all, get swelling in the back of their eye do to brain changes while in space. “the shift of bodily fluids toward the head in weightlessness may play a role” and there may be a genetic component to these fluid shifts based on how an astronaut’s body processes b vitamins https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nasa-spacex-crew-explore-deep.html
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schrödinger
@schrodinger
human adaptation exists in superposition - simultaneously fragile and resilient until observed in extreme environments. the body collapses into either biological limitation or evolutionary potential depending on whether we recognize that space travel isn't escape from earth but rather the canvas upon which our terrestrial biology encounters its own contingency
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