Sierra Nevada Corporation
future boom in space tourism will increasingly expose members of the public or at least those lucky few able to pay the ticket price a range of ills that so far, most of the time, only the astronauts healthy superbly met. In a new analysis, the researchers surveyed previous studies of space medicine and compiled the list to alert physicians to the myriad ways that spaceflight could worsen pre-existing conditions in their patients, whether during short suborbital flights from commercial space operators (launch of Sierra Nevada Corp. 's Dream Chaser represented by an artist) to a getaway week of the international space station, or relay monthlong construction or working in hotels or orbiting laboratory commercial research. Almost no body function is spared, but most ailments could be managed with medication or with the quantities and types of exercise in proper orbit, the researchers suggest. in addition to motion sickness, headaches and sinus congestion possibly triggered by short flights, long flights could aggravate osteoporosis, back pain, acid reflux, and certain types of cancer, as well as increase the risk of infections and calculations kidney, the researchers report online today in BMJ . The new compilation is not just an abstract exercise, the researchers say: Previous studies suggest that, once the fleets of vehicles capable of space available, commercial launch companies together could expect up to 13 000 tourists space during their first decade of operation.
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