Nov 22 1969
From The Space Library
Weightlessness during extended space trips "reduces the flexibility of men's bones," Soviet scientist V. V. Parin said in interview published in Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moscow. "The organism of a cosmonaut dehydrates in weightlessness and calcium leaves the bones." Probable solution would be to create artificial gravity in space, Parin said. ( W Post, 11/23/69, A6)
Economist commented on perils of prolonged space voyages: "When astronauts begin to do tours of duty that could run from three months to a year at a time on the moon, or on orbiting earth platforms-still more when they embark on 21/2 year trips to Mars-the problems will be much greater. Their bodies may adapt themselves to conditions of weightlessness or low gravity, and to living in atmospheres of rather less density than on earth, and then find it hard to re-adapt back to earth conditions again. If, over time, the changes become irreversible, we could witness the evolution of a new race of space hominoids with whom we could communicate but not cohabit." (Economist, 11/22/69)
Apollo 12 congratulatory telegrams at MSC suggested "crew members of Apollo 12 will not be lacking their own fan club," Washington Post article said. Meanwhile, Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr, and Apollo 8 crew continued to receive fan mail. Biggest fans of space program appeared to be "little children and supporters of prayers in outer space." (Lardner, W Post, 11/22/69, A6)
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