How To Simulate The Weightlessness Of Space On A Budget
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 11:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
How do you test the effects of weightlessness in space without risking lives and a lot of money?Use a bed. People in bed with their heads 6° below the horizontal for long periods causes their bodies to react in similar ways to being weightless and so bedrest studies are being used to answer questions on how our bodies adapt to living in space and and even how our bodies adapt to growing old. Like Tang and pens that write upside down, findings from bedrest studies may apply directly to people on Earth. read more