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Venturing beyond the Van Allen belts risks radiation damage to egg cells [0]. Not sure this is worth being excited about. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3
by throwawaybutwhy 6y ago
Venturing beyond the Van Allen belts risks radiation damage to egg cells [0]. Not sure this is worth being excited about.
[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31885235/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31885235/
- foxyv 6y agoMaybe the first woman on the moon already has children or doesn't want children in the first place. Or maybe the risk is worth it to her to have the opportunity to make history? Or she just stores eggs and goes the route of in-vitro.
- throwawaybutwhy 6y agoAll of the above is possible. However, we should not lie (by omission) to gullible young people that space travel is safe. It is not and in the time frame of ARTEMIS, won't be.
- skellera 6y agoWell now that we’re sending women out there, there’s a good reason to solve it. I’m sure there are a million other risks for going to the moon, seems a little reductive to say women shouldn’t go because it affects their eggs. They are more likely to die on their trip than if they didn’t go, yet we still send men. Just like every other issue, we’ll solve them. But we don’t just give up.