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From: robina@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Robin Adams)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Babies born in space.
Message-ID: <3865@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 11 Mar 89 01:38:49 GMT
References: <890302-212739-12528@Xerox> <8Y42Wly00XokQ3qUUv@andrew.cmu.edu>
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In article <8Y42Wly00XokQ3qUUv@andrew.cmu.edu>, jd3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jean-Marc Debaud) writes:
> I would like to have some informations on the following subject:
> 
> What would be the reactions of an child conceived in space,
> who spend its featal time in space, is born in space, live a few
> years in space ?
> 
> Could anyone tells me if any studies have been made on the
> reaction of the immune system, psychology, agility under 0g
> conditions and problems that he/she would have on hearth,
> bornwith instinctive reactions... etc..
>
The holistic evidence is beginning to point to the fact that 0G is not good
for humans (-0G, not Space as a whole). Some mammalian studies (ref: COSMOS 
Mission Results / Ames / 89-18) have shown a decrease in immune functions 
(vitality?), a curbing of fast muscle response (agility), and a reduced testes 
weighting (virility). Most of this does not seem insummountable - Use of 
hormones, exercise, etc.

The good news is that there seems some evidence of enlightment in humans. More 
than a few astronauts seem to have got quite spiritual (even religious) after 
spending time in space. However, I'm sure that has much more to do with their 
changed environmental perspective as a whole than 0G.



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