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Why would osteoporosis on a 1-3 month journey to Mars be worse than after a 3-6 month mission on the ISS?
by peeters 10y ago
Why would osteoporosis on a 1-3 month journey to Mars be worse than after a 3-6 month mission on the ISS?
- bitL 10y agoI think it's because you need to perform physically demanding tasks on the Mars surface, which is a bit difficult with severely damaged bones. If you are on ISS, after 6 months you get to be pampered upon landing and the doctors try to ramp your bones back up for some period of time, limiting your physical stress and minimizing risk of e.g. a fatal broken hip injury.
- ambicapter 10y agoPerforming physically demanding tasks on earth will strengthen your bones, why not on Mars?
- Ericson2314 10y agoI assume the idea is by the time one gets to mars, they could only restrengthen through light activity—any more would risk broken bones—and yet there's a lot of work to be done so there is little time for reconditioning.
- bitL 10y agoI think this popular article explains it well: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-effects-of-mars-on-human-body-health-1019-20161012-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-effects-o...