SPACE JOURNEYS

ANDREI LAPADAT
FLORIN TALAPAC
PATRICIA AGUADO

4D

1.0 0BJECTIVES : WHICH ARE THE EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS IN OUR BODY?, WHAT IS THE SPACIAL
MEDICINE?, CAN BE MORTAL THE WEIGHTLESSNESS?

1.1INTRODUCTION
1.2 IS THIS INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC
1.3 CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

IS OUR ORGANISM PREPARED TO TRAVEL TO SPACE?

-ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS FACING THE BODY'S FUNCTIONALITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES TO SPACE TRAVEL IS WEIGHT LOSS.
-THIS WEIGHT LOSS SEEMS TO BE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY AN APPARENT LOSS OF BONE MASS (KNOWN AS ALLISON SYNDROME OR ASTRONAUT DISEASE) AND SIGNIFICANT
MUSCLE ATROPHY

THIS WEIGHT LOSS ALSO ENTAILS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BLOOD VOLUME. THE LACK OF GRAVITY CAUSES THE BLOOD INSTEAD OF REACH THE LOWER LIMBS GOES TOWARDS
THE HEAD AND CHEST. TO AVOID THIS, THE HEART MUST WORK WITH GREATER INTENSITY, INCREASING THE VOLUME OF BLOOD IN EACH BEAT, SO THE HEART RATE AND
BLOOD PRESSURE WILL ALSO INCREASE. THIS OVEREXERTION OF THE CELLS CARDIAC CAUSES AN INCREASE OF SIZE OF THE HEART.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT IS THE DIET. THEY NEED TO CONSUME LOTS OF ENERGY IN THE SIMPLEST WORKS CARRYING OUT. IN ADDITION, TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE
INTENSE DEGRADATION OF THEIR BONES, THEY NEED AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF CALCIUM AND IRON TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF RED BLOOD CELLS. ANOTHER
ADDED PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE LACK OF GRAVITY IS THE SUPPRESSION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE SUBJECT, WHICH MAY FACILITATE THE EASIEST INFECTION BY
PATHOGENS IN THE STATE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. IS KNOWN THAT A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTES INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE IMMUNE, THEM LYMPHOCYTES T, ARE REPRESSED IN
THEIR ACTIVITY IN CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE WEIGHTLESSNESS IN THE SPACE.

ANOTHER ADDITIONAL HEALTH PROBLEM IS EXPOSURE ELEVATED RADIATION THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF CANCER, ALSO THE PRESENCE OF VIRUS AND MICROORGANISMS IS
DANGEROUS. LACK OF GRAVITY ALSO HAVE INFLUENCY IN MEDICATION

IS THIS INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC?

ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION THIS WAS PUBLISHED BY DR. ANTONIO LPEZ FARRE IN 14/04/12. THE NAME OF THE PAGE
IS TEINTERESA.ES. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF IMAGES THAT SUPORT THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EFFECTS HTTPS://
COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKI/FILE:SPACE_FLUID_SHIFT.GIF
HERE IS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EFFECTS:
THE SPACIAL MEDICINE IS THE BRANCH OF THE MEDICINE THAT STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF SPACE TRAVELS . THIS WAY SCIENTISTS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON THE BODY , WHAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DESIGN OF SUITS FOR
ASTRONAUTS. ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT ARE THE INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LACK OF GRAVITY ON
THE HUMAN BODY WHICH HAS DEVELOPED TO THE OMNIPRESENT GRAVITY. BECAUSE OF THAT, BEFORE STARTING THE
EXPEDITION, ASTRONAUTS ARE SUBJECT OF A LARGE TREATMENT IN ANTI-GRAVITY CHAMBERS THAT WARM THE BODY. THE
INGRAVITY MAKES THAT FLUIDS GO TOWARDS DOWN, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS EFFECTS ARE CAUSED IN THE
LUNGS, IT ALSO CAN CAUSE DEHYDRATION. ALSO THE BOWEL MOVEMENTS ARE REALENTIZED AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE
DEFECATION DECREASES. WEIGHTLESSNESS CAN ALSO CAUSE INCREASED EYE PRESSURE, CHANGES IN OLFACTORY SENSIVITY
AND TONE OF VOICE, LOSS OF TASTE, AND ACCURACY WHEN TRYING TO CATCH SMALL OBJECTS, DIZZINESS AND CONFUSSION
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CONCLUSION
CONTRASTATING THE INFORMATION, WE CAN DEDUCE BY THOSE DETAILS
THAT THE WEIGHTLESSNESS HAVE SERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE
PHISIOLOGY OF OUR ORGANS THAT CAN BE DEADLY

QUESTIONS

DOES THE WEIGHTLESSNESS INCREASES OUR WEIGHT?

WHAT EFFECTS CAUSES IT ON OUR BODY?
WHAT CAUSES THE WEIGHT OF LOSS IN OUR BODY?
HOW IS THE DIET OF AN ASTRONAUT?
WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS APPART OF WEIGHTLESSNESS CAN HAVE
EFFECTS ON OUR BODY ?