What Happens to your body weight when you go to SPACE?
Imagine that you were in a small space and you couldn't exercise as well as you could if you were in a gym or something where you can exercise in a big space. Well that makes it bad because your muscles and bones that need exercise will not be able to have their exercise, then they will deteriorate. Bones without exercise will lose minerals and calcium. That could cause osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is the softening of the bones. This effects your weight. Another thing that most astronauts experience that makes you lose weight is an ortostaic collapse. An orthostatic collapse is a lazy heart. The heart known as the vascular system is not used to pumping weightless blood, so that effects the heart pace. When this happens your body can't get enough strength. One minor effect that astronaut explorers get is weight loss. Most weight lost in space is gained when you spend a few days after you arrive back on earth. You lose 6% of your regular body weight when you are in space. We have a benefit on the problems though. It is called the LMS space shuttle mission. It is to find out how to prevent all these bad things that happen to astronauts. Someday we may be able to live in space.
What Happens to your Muscles, Bones, and Weight When You Go Into Space?