Well i didn't actually know anything about my topic a few months ago. But now i know that the microgravity environment has severe effects on human health ranging from severe loss of bone density and muscle mass to heart atrophy with the consequenses of the astronauts returning from space with the health of an eighty year old after initially going into space in almost superhuman condition. I have also read about micro-robots which could be used in future space missions in case a surgical operation would be needed on board the space craft. There is also a very high risk of death to high doses of space radiation which is obviously a bit of a problem. Also, what seems obvious now but what i never realised before is that these long term missions into space can often have adverse phycological affects on the astronauts. They will be with the same people for months, in the same rooms, with the same routine every day and have very little communication to the world.
There are still more health hazards which I havn't looked into yet so obviously my next point of research is to look those up, but also to find in more detail about what i already know. Then afterwards i need to start thinking about the ways we can overcome these and find out about cutting edge research in the field.
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