Re:Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight
by sitharus on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:20AM
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ISS, Soyuz and soon the crewed Dragon 2 all operate at sea-level air pressure with standard o2 partial pressure. Apollo was the last high oxygen environment.
Re:Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight
by benj111 on Monday March 18, 2019 @04:53PM
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"The problem is, nobody knows which factors are actually responsible for downregulating immune system activity, because every astronaut gets all of them."
They could check?
Might be a good idea to know before they send Astronauts to Mars or something?
None of your examples are space dependent, and compared to SLS, slightly cheaper.
Re:Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight
by jamesmontalvo3 on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:55PM
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ISS is at 1 atmosphere, except in the airlock when preparating for a spacewalk.
The problem is, nobody knows which factors are actually responsible for downregulating immune system activity, because every astronaut gets all of them.
A few ought to be variable. Sleep deprivation ought to be entirely avoidable, but NASA cannot quite manage not scheduling more to do in a day than there is day.