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Is it still a thing, where going to space makes you infertile due to radiation? I feel like I remember basically once you go into space (male or female) kids ar
by skizm 10y ago
Is it still a thing, where going to space makes you infertile due to radiation? I feel like I remember basically once you go into space (male or female) kids are off the table afterwards unless you have frozen your sperm or eggs beforehand. Not sure if that was solved at some point or not.
- mburns 10y ago>A 2005 study Jennings co-authored counted 17 babies born to female astronauts after they had been in space. https://phys.org/news/2011-01-sex-space-houston-problem.html https://phys.org/news/2011-01-sex-space-houston-problem.html
- ntumlin 10y agoAccording to stack exchange, it doesn't [0]. If that's wrong maybe I can fund a trip to space of my own by selling lead lined boxers. [0] http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/14704/do-astronauts-become-sterile-from-being-in-space-like-on-the-iss http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/14704/do-astronauts...
- TimesOldRoman 10y agoAs long as you stay near the Earth (the moon is close enough), our magnetosphere will protect you from radiation. When you get interplanetary, like on a trip to Mars, radiation exposure becomes arguable the most difficult problem to solve.
- acover 10y agoSource? > The Mars Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE) was launched in 2001 in order to collect more data. Estimates are that humans unshielded in interplanetary space would receive annually roughly 400 to 900 mSv (compared to 2.4 mSv on Earth) and that a Mars mission (12 months in flight and 18 months on Mars) might expose shielded astronauts to roughly 500 to 1000 mSv. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays#The_deep-space_radiation_environment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays...