Talk:Human adaptation to space

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[edit] Regarding whether the space is cold

"While space is typically very cold, due to the lack of a medium to allow conduction or convection, loss of heat is by radiation only, which would take place in a very slow process. Therefore, there is no danger of immediately freezing."

First of all it links to an article that says that the temperature of a perfect vacuum is undefined which doesen't support the statement and makes it overly ambigous. And space is a nearly perfect vacuum thus it shouldn't be considered cold or warm, because being cold or hot is a property of matter.

I will make my changes now. If you disapprove, discuss the changes here please.

SwedishPsycho 23:24, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The information in this article has been gleaned from a number of sources as can be seen from the references. I have considered space as a zero gravity environment but this is only the first step in a journey to the stars. The long term effect of low gravity environments is as yet completely unknown, but some ideas can be extrapolated from the information we have now.

I would appreciate any feedback, comments and ammendments to the article from experts or laymen interested in this field hello

[edit] Implied predictions

Parts of this article imply that humans will definitely colonize off-world someday. As much as it pains me to do so (since I agree with this opinion), I believe this article should be changed to be more impartial on this issue, since many hotly disagree. For example, "Future prospects" once said "When the time comes for off-world colonisation families will be exposed to these dangers and the effects on the elderly and on the very young are completely unknown." I don't believe this holds true to the neutral ideals of Wikipedia. 129.79.148.26 02:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other physical effects

In the section on other physical effects, aesthenia is mentioned as a possible effect. What is aesthenia? --CyberPolymerase 11:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I myself have no idea, but perhaps the writer meant "Asthenia", which means a loss of strength. I'm pretty sure this applies to this situation, but I'm not positive. Pgiii 21:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC)