Grappling with Gravity How Will Life Adapt to Living in Space?

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Grappling with Gravity explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds, whether it be¡to a¡colony in the emptiness of space or settlements on the moon, Mars, or other moons or planets. This book focuses on the biomedical aspects, while not ignoring other life-changing influences of space living. For example, what happens to people physiologically in the microgravity of space, where weight and the direction "up" are meaningless? Adapting to microgravity represents the greatest physical challenge that human life will have encountered since our ancestors moved from the seas to solid Earth. It will be the next great adventure!;"Grappling with Gravity" explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds, be it to colony in the emptiness of space or settlements on the Moon, Mars, or other moons or planets. This book focuses on the biomedical aspects, while not ignoring other life-changing influences of space living. For example, what happens to people physiologically in the microgravity of space, where weight and the direction 'up' become meaningless? Adapting to microgravity represents the greatest environmental challenge that life wil;Determining the Strength of the Gravitational Field While in SpaceAcronyms; Glossary; Index;.;Grappling with Gravity; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Part I: Space Here We Come; 1.: A Great New Adventure; 2.: The Long Road to Space Flight; 3.: Why Go to Space?; Part A; Part B: Star Bullets; 4.: Change and Prosper; 5.: Everything Is Topsy Turvy; Part A; Part B: Let's Take That First Trip into Space; 6.: Tomorrow's Tourist Adventures; Part II: Life in Space; 7.: Taking Your Body to Space; Part A: Hello Bird Legs; Part B: Pump and Pipes; Part C: Bones; Part D: Moving Those Bones; Part E: Up Is Relative; Part F: Your Personal Castle; 8.: Behavior in Space.;Part A: Sag, Shuffle, FallPart B: Loops and Somersaults; Part C: The Personality and Perversity Tango; 9.: An Essential Activity; Part A: Starting the Next Generation; Part B: Seed to Seed; Part III: Preparing for the Future; 10.: Living Away from Earth; Part A: The Long Haul; Part B: Destination M & M: No Motels, No Fast Food; Part C: Hazards of the Moon and Mars; The Moon; Mars; Part D: New World; 11.: Taking the Plow to Mars; 12.: Speculations; ERRATUM TO:Taking Your Body to Space; Appendix A; Description of Videos For; Grappling with Gravity: Adaptation Is the Key to Success; Appendix B.