[Interview] Dangers of Microgravity For The Human Body

Microgravity is dangerous for humans. But if we want to conquer space, we need to know how to mitigate the negative effects. Join my discussion with Dr Danail Obreschkow from UWA. We talked about studying the effects of microgravity on human body, particularly eyes, and potential ways to deal with them.

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• 00:00 Intro


• 01:35 Flying on parabolic flights


• 08:49 What does weightlessness do to human body


• 14:17 Things we can't fix


• 17:44 Studying eyesight in space


• 25:01 Will artificial gravity solve it?

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