rate (the slow aging affects of space canceling out their disease) or will they age slowly like a normal person would in outer space?
2007-06-13 15:00:35 · 5 answers · asked by Dustin M 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Progeria is not altered in space as genes are not influenced by time.
2007-06-13 21:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would have to travel at a significant percent of the speed of light for their aging to slow down, but it would only appear slowed down to us. To them they would age the same as they would on earth - their perception of their own aging wouldn't be any different than on earth. They would return say 20 years later less than 20 years older, but that's all. There is no actual physiological change (as far as we know, and according to the theories around time dilation).
2007-06-13 22:05:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methuselah's Syndrome!
Hopefully by the time we figure out how to travel at relativistic speeds that cause the slowing effect you are talking about, we will have also cured such genetic diseases as this one.
2007-06-13 22:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by jonah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will not age at a pace that you and I consider normal. They will continue to age at their own rapid pace. This is because the aging is relative.
2007-06-13 22:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by Shibi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would depend on how fast you where going
2007-06-13 22:06:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋