Talk:Human adaptation to space
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[edit] Regarding whether the space is cold
"While space is typically very cold, due to the lack of a medium to allow conduction or convection, loss of heat is by radiation only, which would take place in a very slow process. Therefore, there is no danger of immediately freezing."
First of all it links to an article that says that the temperature of a perfect vacuum is undefined which doesen't support the statement and makes it overly ambigous. And space is a nearly perfect vacuum thus it shouldn't be considered cold or warm, because being cold or hot is a property of matter.
I will make my changes now. If you disapprove, discuss the changes here please.
SwedishPsycho 23:24, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
The information in this article has been gleaned from a number of sources as can be seen from the references. I have considered space as a zero gravity environment but this is only the first step in a journey to the stars. The long term effect of low gravity environments is as yet completely unknown, but some ideas can be extrapolated from the information we have now.
I would appreciate any feedback, comments and ammendments to the article from experts or laymen interested in this field hello
[edit] Implied predictions
Parts of this article imply that humans will definitely colonize off-world someday. As much as it pains me to do so (since I agree with this opinion), I believe this article should be changed to be more impartial on this issue, since many hotly disagree. For example, "Future prospects" once said "When the time comes for off-world colonisation families will be exposed to these dangers and the effects on the elderly and on the very young are completely unknown." I don't believe this holds true to the neutral ideals of Wikipedia. 129.79.148.26 02:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other physical effects
In the section on other physical effects, aesthenia is mentioned as a possible effect. What is aesthenia? --CyberPolymerase 11:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I myself have no idea, but perhaps the writer meant "Asthenia", which means a loss of strength. I'm pretty sure this applies to this situation, but I'm not positive. Pgiii 21:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Toned down
I tried to reword the article to sound a bit more encyclopedic, but there are still a lot of uncited statements. -- Noclevername 16:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] citations
"Weight bearing structures
The third and most worrying effect of long-term weightlessness involves bones and muscles.
Without the effects of gravity skeletal muscle is no longer required to maintain our
posture and the muscle groups used in moving around in a weightless environment are
very different to those required in terrestrial locomotion.[citation needed]"
What kind of citation do you espect? IRU 10:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Title
Should this article be moved? I'm not quite sure where to, but humans quite clearly are not adapted to space. How about Effects of space on humans? --Tango 23:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Personally I think that it's fine here. I think that the title Human adaptation to space reflects that humans aren't adapted to space, rather under go adaptions. Human adaptations to space however would be misleading. it's all semantics really. But "if it ain't broke..." FRA 14:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think the things than happen to humans in space are adaptations. An adaptation is something that makes you better suited to your environment. Losing muscle mass doesn't make you better suited to space, it's just a negative consequence. --Tango 14:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] loss of taste in space.
I haven't seen any mention of how some people lose their sense of taste in microgravity. So I'll just add a section under Protected effects. (maybe it should go under 'Other physical effects'?) NASAexplores article 5-8 "a matter of taste." FRA 14:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
