Could we survive prolonged space travel? - Lisa Nip
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Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutations. As we seriously consider the human species becoming space-faring, a big question stands: even if we do break free from Earth’s orbit, can we adapt to the extreme environments of space? Lisa Nip examines our odds.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Lisa Nip
- Script Editor
- Mia Nacamulli
- Director
- Bassam Kurdali
- Producer
- Fateh Slavitskaya
- Sound Designer
- Cem Misirlioglu
