Microgravity is dangerous for humans. But if we want to conquer space, we need to know how to mitigate the negative effects. Join my discussion with Dr Danail Obreschkow from UWA. We talked about studying the effects of microgravity on human body, particularly eyes, and potential ways to deal with them.
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00:00 Intro
01:35 Flying on parabolic flights
08:49 What does weightlessness do to human body
14:17 Things we can't fix
17:44 Studying eyesight in space
25:01 Will artificial gravity solve it?
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