{"id":123318,"date":"2024-11-08T03:29:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123318"},"modified":"2024-11-08T03:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:29:52","slug":"space-travel-damages-astronauts-at-the-cellular-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123318","title":{"rendered":"Space Travel Damages Astronauts At The Cellular Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" id=\"\" data-id=\"5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"6144\" data-height=\"3456\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore (at center) pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers (far left) Mike Barratt and Tracy C. Dyson (far right), both NASA astronauts, in their spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:6144px\" data-alt=\"NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore (at center) pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers (far left) Mike Barratt and Tracy C. Dyson (far right), both NASA astronauts, in their spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_1315\/5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore (at center) pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers (far left) Mike Barratt and Tracy C. Dyson (far right), both NASA astronauts, in their spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.\" data-chomp-id=\"5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-height=\"3456\" data-alt=\"NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore (at center) pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers (far left) Mike Barratt and Tracy C. Dyson (far right), both NASA astronauts, in their spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.\" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 joTjeT no-caption\">Photo<!-- -->: <!-- -->NASA<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/5b2a8fe4564f07987aeb5e81f4f7927b\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"6144\" data-height=\"3456\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore (at center) pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers (far left) Mike Barratt and Tracy C. Dyson (far right), both NASA astronauts, in their spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-r43lxo-1 cwnrYD\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Space, <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/voyager-1-reconnects-with-earth-over-radio-transmitter-1851686667&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/voyager-1-reconnects-with-earth-over-radio-transmitter-1851686667\">the final frontier,<\/a><\/span> is an environment so inhospitable and vast that it could only be compared to traversing the world\u2019s oceans <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/doomed-arctic-expedition-came-as-close-to-a-real-life-z-1851582569&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/doomed-arctic-expedition-came-as-close-to-a-real-life-z-1851582569\">during the Age of Sail.<\/a><\/span> While sailors struggled to fight scurvy two centuries ago, astronauts today now face the threat of damage at the cellular level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 gRtQsx\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 dccRTD instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 bLunvE\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"197316,197315,197310\" data-current=\"197316\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 ldLvgq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"197316\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"It's Time To Discontinue The Model S | Jalopinions\" data-video-blog-id=\"12\" data-video-network=\"jalopnik\" data-video-duration=\"136\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>It&#8217;s Time To Discontinue The Model S | Jalopinions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/197316\/197316_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/197316\/197316_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/197316\/197316_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/197316\/197316_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/22854.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">A scientific report released in October concluded that long-duration spaceflight causes mitochondrial damage producing something similar to accelerated aging. For those of you who fell asleep in science class, mitochondria generate the power for organic cells. If mitochondria stop functioning, <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nasa-outlines-how-the-iss-will-die-over-its-final-year-1851599901&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nasa-outlines-how-the-iss-will-die-over-its-final-year-1851599901\">we\u2019ll gradually start dying.<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.theguyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/The-Guy-Foundation-2024-Space-Health-Report.pdf&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/The-Guy-Foundation-2024-Space-Health-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The report produced by the Guy Foundation,<\/a><\/span> an independent British research foundation, cited multiple causes behind the cellular damage. First is the increased radiation in space, which was already known to cause an increased risk of astronauts developing cancer later in life. <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-tourists-might-need-zero-gravity-sex-ed-before-la-1850394900&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-tourists-might-need-zero-gravity-sex-ed-before-la-1850394900\">Zero gravity<\/a><\/span> also removed the stimulus needed to maintain healthy mitochondria. While residents on the International Space Station exercise constantly to stave off muscle and bone loss, there\u2019s no workout to help your cells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Earth\u2019s magnetic field also keeps mitochondria stable. The lack of similar fields in outer space, the Moon and <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/crewed-spacex-flight-to-mars-in-four-years-whatever-yo-1851643478&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/crewed-spacex-flight-to-mars-in-four-years-whatever-yo-1851643478\">Mars<\/a><\/span> could hamper <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/real-scientists-lived-on-fake-mars-in-a-texas-shed-for-1851602647&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/real-scientists-lived-on-fake-mars-in-a-texas-shed-for-1851602647\">permanent settlement in the future.<\/a><\/span> It won\u2019t be a permanent barrier, but an obstacle that space agencies<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/wooden-satellite-launched-into-space-as-testbed-for-tim-1851689839&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/wooden-satellite-launched-into-space-as-testbed-for-tim-1851689839\"> will have to tackle<\/a><\/span> as they explore the great unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The report did mention that there isn\u2019t much data on long-term health outcomes because not that many people have spent months in space. However, as private space companies ramp up operations alongside <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/the-time-on-the-moon-is-whatever-america-says-it-is-1851387292&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/the-time-on-the-moon-is-whatever-america-says-it-is-1851387292\">the effort to return to the Moon,<\/a><\/span> there will be more people than ever inhabiting the final frontier and an increased need for long-term health data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Humanity is quickly finding out how hostile space is to life. A study into <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-travel-makes-you-dumber-1851537160&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-travel-makes-you-dumber-1851537160\">SpaceX\u2019s 2021 Inspiration4 mission<\/a><\/span> found four private astronauts suffered a modest decline in cognitive function. The mission was less than three days longer. However, data from the same mission found that <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/women-are-better-than-men-at-one-more-thing-space-expl-1851543804&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/women-are-better-than-men-at-one-more-thing-space-expl-1851543804\">women can recover more quickly than men.<\/a><\/span> While agencies are attempting to dry-run long-term space missions on Earth, like <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nasa-is-locking-four-science-nerds-into-total-isolation-1850581796&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nasa-is-locking-four-science-nerds-into-total-isolation-1850581796\">NASA\u2019s year-long Mars mission simulation,<\/a><\/span> there\u2019s no way to recreate every variable that astronauts will face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-travel-is-damaging-astronauts-at-the-cellular-lev-1851692078\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: NASA Space, the final frontier, is an environment so inhospitable and vast that it could only be compared to traversing the world\u2019s oceans during the Age of Sail. 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