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> For example, medical interventions against zero-g decay This seems obvious but I’ve never heard of anyone working on a drug to address it. Strapping astronau
by le-mark 7mo ago
> For example, medical interventions against zero-g decay
This seems obvious but I’ve never heard of anyone working on a drug to address it. Strapping astronauts to a treadmill yes, pills no.
- MagicMoonlight 7mo agoBecause that’s like saying you’ll develop a fuel additive to stop the body from rusting. Physical damage and weakness can’t be stopped by a pill.
- avmich 7mo agoSeems like a very broad statement. Do you have anything to confirm this opinion?
- mrits 7mo ago"Physical damage and weakness can’t be stopped by a pill." If you rephrase that to correct English then it would make sense. We aren't trying to stop physical damage or weakness we are trying to prevent it from happening. Pills can prevent many things that cause this.
- ACCount37 7mo ago"Body" is a pile of elaborate biochemistry. The muscles don't somehow evaporate when you stop exercising - it's the processes of the body itself that trim the "excess" muscle tissue. And if it's the body doing that, you can, in theory, find a biochemical way to make it stop doing that.