Rebuilding Bone After Space Flight

Business is all about rebuilding. You have to rebuild empires, companies, and sometimes even yourself. So after space flight astronauts wonder how long it will take to rebuild lost bone mass when they return. A four year study has shown that astronauts lose about 11% of their hip bone mass after space travel. The study also found that a year later much of that bone mass was recovered. That is faster than trying to change or regroup any kind of business. There is an increased risk of bone fractures on Mars during Martian activity. Just a little tidbit that astronauts should know upon their adventures into Mars!

Romance Does Exist

With quotes from a steamy email, it is true that Astronaut Bill Oefelein had a girlfriend waiting his arrival back home after space flight. It is also true he received the email while in space in which Lisa Nowak came across and sent her on her 900 mile trip to reclaim her prize. Other documented emails reveal that Nowak and Oefelein did have a romantic relationship as well.

Interesting that NASA does not screen or read emails that astronauts are sent while in space, they give them total privacy. Now because of this incident these privacy settings just may have to change.

IPS Medal

IPS MEDAL


Beagle 2 which is a Mars lander, received lots of support on this mission from outside people due to the knowledge that was shared to the outside world. I believe that there are many people who do not fully understand space exploration so they do not give it a chance…with an increase in education on this issue could help increase support and perhaps more funding!

Bone loss due ot long-term space travel

http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22046
Bone loss during the course of a long voyage to Mars could result in an increased risk of a bone fracture during activities on the Martian surface or even back on Earth as a result of aging. Scientists are finding that long term space travel will likely cut down on a significant portion of astronauts bone mass. They have also found that although bone mass will likely be replaced, the bone structure and density of returning astronauts will not return to normal.

Latest Studies of Mars, Saturn, Moon Highlight Conference

Initial science data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Detailed images of Saturn's icy moons and results from a deliberate crash on the moon highlight the 38th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 12-16 in Houston. Data from recent missions continues to offer space scientists worldwide new information and imagery to study. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the latest mission to arrive at Mars, began returning data last November, providing higher-resolution imagery than has been previously obtained from orbit.

Current issues in NewSpace

The issues facing the entrepreneurial space industry (commonly called “NewSpace” by its advocates) have been shifting over the years. In the late 1990s supporters of space tourism struggled to be taken seriously, given the focus on what seemed to be more real markets: namely, the launching of hundreds of satellite for low Earth orbit telecommunications systems. After that market fell through and space tourism began to be taken more seriously, there were concerns about regulatory matters in the United States, including whether suborbital vehicles would be treated as aircraft or launch vehicles by the FAA.

Mars Melt Hints at Solar, Not Human, Cause for Warming, Scientist Says

Over the past decade or so Earth's climate has been warming up. Many people have believed that this global warming affect was caused by humans. Scientists now say that global warming is also happening on Mars, which suggests that our planet's recent climate changes are from natural causes. Researchers say that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" on Mars have been slowly shrinking over the last three Martian Summers. So the global warming affect may have more to do with solar cycles that with the pollution that humans have created.