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[Interview] Dangers of Microgravity For The Human Body

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English - May 07, 2023 19:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
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Microgravity is dangerous for humans. But if we want to conquer space, we need to know how to mitigate the negative effects. Join my discussion with Dr Danail Obreschkow from UWA. We talked about studying the effects of microgravity on human body, particularly eyes, and potential ways to deal with them.
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00:00 Intro
01:35 Flying on parabolic flights
08:49 What does weightlessness do to human body
14:17 Things we can't fix
17:44 Studying eyesight in space
25:01 Will artificial gravity solve it?
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Microgravity is dangerous for humans. But if we want to conquer space, we need to know how to mitigate the negative effects. Join my discussion with Dr Danail Obreschkow from UWA. We talked about studying the effects of microgravity on human body, particularly eyes, and potential ways to deal with them.

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday

00:00 Intro
01:35 Flying on parabolic flights
08:49 What does weightlessness do to human body
14:17 Things we can't fix
17:44 Studying eyesight in space
25:01 Will artificial gravity solve it?

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/mSz_F82LPGI

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.

Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

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Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/

Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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