Jun 13, 17 / Can 24, 01 09:27 UTC
I have a question for anyone who works with animals. Given the stressors that astronauts have biologically, could one predict how animals would live in space? We need to have some sort of protein, and I do not know about everyone else, but I like beef, chicken, fish, all the ...
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In regards to providing habitation for animals in space, from an engineering standpoint, we will need to develop a large enough space platform to be able to support a form artificial gravity. The best case scenario for this is a design based on centrifugal force, as it would be ...
In regards to providing habitation for animals in space, from an engineering standpoint, we will need to develop a large enough space platform to be able to support a form artificial gravity. The best case scenario for this is a design based on centrifugal force, as it would be the closest to real gravity currently conceived.
From a biological perspective I think pursuing the recreation of marine life would be the best course of action. While fish still rely on gravity for a lot of their biological systems, they have also proven to be quite resilient in changes to environment and the possibility of a self sustaining ecosystem in a low gravity environment could be feasibly achieved.
Unfortunately, the effects of gravity loss on marine life has not been tested extensively so the loss of the artificial gravity may or may not cause total destruction of the ecosystem.