Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Long-term spaceflight 'squeezes' the brain, study says
Travelling seems to cause a lot of stress and pressure to the brain. Jet lag is a typical example as shown in yesterday’s Vol.2017. If air travel causes such troubles to your brain and body, what about space travel?
Researchers say that there are considerable effects on the human body after a long space mission, particularly in the brain. They scanned astronauts’ brains before and after their space missions that lasted for a varied length of time and found that there are spaceflight duration effects on their brains, which make the space between brain regions appear smaller. In short, their brains seem to have been squeezed during the flight.
Though further studies are needed, human bodies appear to react very differently in zero or micro-gravity from the earth’s surface.
Enjoy reading the text and watching the video and think if you can cope with such physical challenges during your dream travel in space or to Mars.
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