astronaughts have to worry about things like solar radiation which can cause harm to their bodies, they also have to worry about muscle loss and bone weakness if they are in space for extended periods of time. hope this helps!!!!
2007-03-18 16:15:40
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answered by Bones 3
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The answer to this question can come from a multitude of directions and has a plethora of answers. The real question is from what angle are you asking this question. Are you looking for problems facing payload delivery, efficiency of space travel, expanding our cosmic reach, viewing things in more detail at further distances, affects on human health in space, prolonged life support, moon or mars colonization? The list could go on. There are many problems facing astronauts and space travelers. Of the most pressing is finding ways to deliver larger payloads into space that cost less and are more efficient. The space shuttle, as impressive as it is, is extremely inefficient and costly, not to mention a hindering force in further our reach into space, compared to where we could be with the Saturn V rocket program abandoned a couple decades ago. Along those same lines, funding to space programs is most definitely a serious problem in today's world. One of the biggest problems is creating safer, faster, and more powerful systems for astronauts. Sending people into space is currently an extremely risky and expensive endeavor, especially when longer distances are expected. The system must be able to maintain suitable living conditions over a very long period of time, while keeping the travelers in capable physical conditions in order to cope with the stresses of the mission as well as any problems that might arise. I again pose the question, what angle are you coming from? It might be easier to help you if you narrowed the playing field a little bit. However, if you're looking for a general answer, I hope this helps.
2007-03-18 16:43:53
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answered by Creel O 1
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Sun spots in our solar system cause radiation to be trapped in the magnetosphere around the earth. This is called the Van Allen belt.
High energy particles including protons penetrate lead shielding. Within the Van Allen radiation belt objects are bombarded by protons exceeding energies of 10 million electron volts at a rate of 3000 'hits' per square centimeter per second. This radiation cannot be stopped by thin space capsules and very thin space suits. Radiation on the moon's surface would also be deadly. Another problem is cooling. Outside of our atmosphere temperatures between shadow and light are extreme.
This phenomenon is one reason many people speculate that the moon landings of the Apollo program were impossible and that the landings were pre-recorded on sound stages.
2007-03-18 18:05:01
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answered by Skeptic 7
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lots of the topics that scientists face are the places of life retaining planets. maximum case circumstances, the planet is mild years away or in yet another galaxy. That being that case, our spacecraft does not commute on the cost of sunshine, no longer even on the edge of one million/2 the cost of sunshine. this is very nearly the spacecraft. We additionally understand that as quickly as astronauts commute to outer area, their bone density decreases, additionally impacting the muscle, it slowly deteriorates, inspite of workout. For a small volume of time, the astronauts won't be able to look after a physique with muscle that doesn't visit pot. area missions will take a protracted time to end back because of the undeniable fact that the places are some distance away. case in point, if we desperate to choose for Mars as our planet for retaining life, because of the presence of ice, retaining life on that planet is a massive accountability. to no longer point out that if human beings , say billionaires desperate to stay to tell the story Mars, it would be hard to assemble the terrific volume of chemical substances for the ambience. i understand this sounds ridiculous, yet think of of how plenty power we would waste to create that environment for human beings to stay, for the flora to advance and launch the oxygen. no longer merely flora we want various bacterial cultures to create the Nitrogen Cycle and get an identical ratio of chemical substances, Nitrogen to Oxygen and different small chemical substances. area commute isn't very nearly having the terrific commute layout, its additionally relating to the objective in the back of it. a very exciting question, certainly.
2016-12-18 17:23:38
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answered by andie 4
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Sorry, but this sounds an awful lot like a homework question. What does your textbook say?
2007-03-18 17:47:58
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answered by star2_watch 3
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there is no oxygen in space
everything flies even liquids
irregular space patterns
exhaustion of fuel
2007-03-18 16:44:29
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answered by probug 3
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gravity
2007-03-19 03:12:55
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answered by wizar10443_1989 1
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