A program is collecting data from commercial space missions to help determine the effects of space flight on human health.
Table of Contents For decades, scientists have been studying how the human body reacts to space and developing methods to counteract the worst of the effects.
At Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine, an institute called TRISH is aiming to make use of this broader pool, by collecting data from commercial space missions on the effects of space flight on human health. “Even though it’s becoming more and more common, humans going into space, it’s still a fairly rare thing,” said Wu. “So, any opportunity that humans go into space, we don’t want to forsake a chance to be able to do some science on them.”
Space is bad for the body This points to another aspect of this research: it’s all optional. TRISH invites commercial crew members to participate, but they are entirely free to say no, whether that’s because of not wanting to deal with the hassle, or due to concerns about their medical privacy. “We want them to be aware that going to space is bad for the body,” Wu said. “I think a good Earth-based analogy would be, you don’t just go and summit Everest, right? You’ve got to do the due diligence to make sure that you’re safe and doing it right.”
A wider pool of people Part of the promise of this approach to research is that it can broaden the pool of people from whom we have data about health during spaceflight. This can include damage to the reproductive system, for example, which may be less of a concern for older adults who have already have a family and don’t plan on having more children. “So there could be benefits of going to space later, because you don’t have to worry about these other lifestyle risks,” Wu said.
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