Being and travel in space are more and more certain, so if you ever get an opportunity to live there look at this attachment in order to prepare yourself. When being in space the astronaut’s health is very carefully monitored. Living in weightless environment for a longer period of time can result in reduced bone density and muscle mass, but there is also a danger from radiation that comes from the Sun.
Living in International Space Station (ISS) is therefore limited to six months. If mission to Mars ever come to be, travel time to the red planet and back will be longer than one year. Medical service of American agency NASA announced that it is studying new data, but at this time it is no worried about the abnormality implications that were observed with astronauts.
10FACT No 10
The International Space Station orbits the earth 16 times a day. The Russians are not allowed to use the U.S. toilets after continuously clogging it up.
09FACT No 9
NASA’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or space suit, costs 12 million dollar to make. Without one you’re likely to die within a minute – with no air pressure your body fluids will boil before freezing.
08FACT No 8
NASA lost a 125 million dollar Mars Orbiter in 1999. It entered the atmosphere at the wrong angle and disintegrated due to an engineer using imperial measurements rather than metric unit.
07FACT No 7
Due to no gravity, over a five month period, astronauts may lose 12 percent of bone mass. They can also lose 40% of muscle mass, which is like a 20 year old turning into a 60 years old.
06FACT No 6
Upon seeing earth from space, some astronauts have experienced the “Overview Effect”. This is a profound feeling of awe a sense of connection with God and humanity.
05FACT No 5
NASA has packed duct tape on every shuttle mission since 1981. It was used to make a makeshift filtration system on Apollo 13 when fuel cells exploded.
04FACT No 4
Astronauts say that outer space smells like fried steak and hot metal. The odor left on their suits is due to high-energy vibrations in particles brought into their space-crafts.
03FACT No 3
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is exploring the outer SOLAR SYSTEM. In case of contact with aliens, it carries the “Golden Record” which has images of DNA and music by Beethoven and Chuck Berry.
02FACT No 2
Powered by plutonium, Cassini-Huygens has traveled 1.2 billion km to Saturn. If it were to collide with Earth, it could potentially cause 5.000 deaths by cancer.
01FACT No 1
Scientist are working on “warp drive” by expanding space/time on one side of a space-craft and contracting it o the other, causing a wave. Traveling to Alpha Centauri, 4.3 light years away, could take 2 weeks.
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