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Now with insight into the impact of space travel and a mission of this kind on the human body, Dr.
Arryn Anderson, an emergency medicine physician trained in aerospace engineering who previously worked at NASA's exploration medical capability.
So, Dr.
Orion will be entering Earth's atmosphere at about 24,000 mph in a temperature-controlled capsule.
Is there any impact to the body when traveling at that high of a speed?
Yeah, there's significant impact.
So, um we say that the force that the astronauts will feel is 4G, um which is like four times uh Earth's gravity.
Um and so, one of the impacts of being in space is actually getting dehydrated, physiologically speaking.
Um and so, the astronauts are spending the, you know, the the next few hours and certainly the last 24 hours hydrating in anticipation of the forces that their bodies and their cardiovascular system is going to feel.
And what are some of the bigger challenges here that the astronauts face when they return to Earth?
Yeah, even though it's only been 10 days, um their bodies have changed a lot.
Um some of the things that we see, besides the dehydration, right, um we'll see the astronauts when they go to stand up, they sometimes can look a little bit uh woozy or light-headed.
Um some of the other stuff that we see, um when you go to space, you get what's called space motion sickness.
Um and that's really your body uh it the signals telling you where you are in space, where you are in a room, uh get all mixed up and confusing.
Um and so, uh your body adapt to that environment.
Uh and now they have to readapt to being on Earth and moving with Earth's gravity.
So, you may see they're a little bit off-balance, they stumble a little bit, there might be some folks kind of helping prop them up a little bit so nobody falls and and uh hits their head or anything like that.
>> And this entire mission has been a learning expedition.
So, what are we going to learn from this mission about the human body that will ultimately pave the way to sending humans permanently on the moon and, dare I say, eventually Mars?
Yeah, for sure.
I think I think we're going to learn a lot.
Um there was some specific research on radiation exposure outside of Earth's atmosphere and outside of the magnetosphere, um which can be significant over time.
Um we got had the opportunity earlier in the week to test the medical system on Orion.
Some of the crew was practicing how CPR even works in spaceflight.
Um and then, of course, you know, they're learning about their health with sleep, their nutrition, using the bathroom.
Uh this really was kind of a test flight to learn a lot about the human system uh and prepare us to be really successful for Artemis 3, 4, 5, and then maybe even onto Mars.
All right, Dr.
Arryn Anderson, thank you.
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