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Maybe I will vacation back to lowly earth once in a while :) . But seriously, astronauts do up to a year fine right? Has anyone gotten seriously ill or died? I
by _8j50 5y ago
Maybe I will vacation back to lowly earth once in a while :) . But seriously, astronauts do up to a year fine right? Has anyone gotten seriously ill or died? I've heard of bone density loss, but do you really need dense bones if you will not come back to earth?
- zizee 5y agoThe ISS is in a low enough orbit that it is protected by the earths magnetosphere.
- oneoff786 5y agoRadiation, space anemia, immune system issues, and probably a lot of other things we would know more about if people stayed in space longer. Your body is built to expect gravity to pull blood down. The circulatory system thus pushes blood up. When in space this creates problems.