Real Martians Moment: Fitness, “Above” All
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 5 Οκτ 2015
Gail
Perusek manages the Advanced Exercise Concepts Development at NASA’s
Glenn Research Center. Basically, she’s one of the fitness guru for the
astronauts on the International Space Station. Fitness is a high
priority for space explorers because it helps the body fight against
bone loss and weakening of muscles. Believe it or not, there is an
entire gym on the station – NASA just had to be a bit more resourceful
than usual in designing that gear. Consider this – gravity on the space
station is near zero, so everything floats and weights are feather-like.
NASA counters this with a lot of resistance training gear (think BIG
strong rubber bands) and devices to help exercising astronauts stay in
place. They will have to get even more resourceful once human missions
to Mars start – with smaller devices for the long trip.
Perusek manages the Advanced Exercise Concepts Development at NASA’s
Glenn Research Center. Basically, she’s one of the fitness guru for the
astronauts on the International Space Station. Fitness is a high
priority for space explorers because it helps the body fight against
bone loss and weakening of muscles. Believe it or not, there is an
entire gym on the station – NASA just had to be a bit more resourceful
than usual in designing that gear. Consider this – gravity on the space
station is near zero, so everything floats and weights are feather-like.
NASA counters this with a lot of resistance training gear (think BIG
strong rubber bands) and devices to help exercising astronauts stay in
place. They will have to get even more resourceful once human missions
to Mars start – with smaller devices for the long trip.
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