Obviously, Humans are terrestrial beings, so being in the infinite vacuum of space would pose some difficulty. If and when we develop propulsion technology to travel space, will we be able to survive this most harsh and unforgiving environment? Cosmic rays would pose a serious issue. So would high levels of radiation.
Please, any thoughts would be appreciated!
2007-02-24 00:53:44 · 7 answers · asked by pierceplatinum 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Ofcourse your skin will never survive when exposed to zero presure or direct sun light .. so as long as u r in ur space suit or inside your ship u cann't survive.
may be when travelling to neighbour planets becomes easier we may have conditioned bases on them .. I read a good story speaks about planting alot of special plants in Mars that can with time increase the Oxygin in its atmosphere to an acceptable level. in such case living in Mars will be really easy.
2007-02-24 01:04:45 · answer #1 · answered by Ceaser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some ideas of reducing the dangers of cosmic rays and radiation. Some of the most interesting are the housing of spaceship into an asteroid. But the main problem for space travel is the lack of gravity that destroys the bones and disrupts the cardiac rythm. That is a major problem. Another solution to deal with this problem is to take a small moon (much smaller than ours) and converted into a spaceship. But this will take sometime.
2007-02-24 01:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by filip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possible and not that difficult; what we need to do is shield ourselves as best we can from the radiation. Long term, we have to adjust to having a higher mutation rate. Some mutations are beneficial. The long term issue of gravity is more serious. We would have to use some kind of living quarters that can use centrifugal force to provide a bit of gravity (remember the movie "2001"?) if you ever want to go back on a planet's surface. Perhaps those colonists and their descendants living in space would have no desire to ever go planet-side again and would love the zero-G.
2007-02-24 01:29:43 · answer #3 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible, but unless drugs are discovered that combat the loss of muscle mass and bone density, we will have to use centrifugal force to simulate gravity, which requires much stronger and heavier designs: an unfortunate limitation at present. Surrounding the living quarters by shielding and stores of food, water and equipment, etc., as well as generating a massive magnetic field in the nose area would help shield against cosmic rays.
2007-02-24 01:34:15 · answer #4 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cosmic rays would be a nuisance but this would just drive down your life expectancy. There are no fundamental reasons why you can't live in space given a space ship equipped with everything that you need.
2007-02-24 01:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a good question with enough time to prepare yes we could but we would evolve differently than those left on earth we would cange pysically due to lack of gravity and are genes would be sibject to different forms of mutations from radiation that earth ussually doesnt get and if we went to another planet we would evolve differently there also so you could have earth humans space humans and planet x humans that could all be different.while still having a common ancester.
2007-03-01 04:22:40 · answer #6 · answered by Tony N 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well people stay on space stations for well over a year.
2007-02-24 02:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by chase 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋