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Doctor explains how a space flight could impact the human body

Doctor explains how a space flight could impact the human body
TORAC WILLIAM SHANDER MADE HISTORY TODAY AS WE MENTIONED AS THE OLDEST PERSON TO EVER TRAVEL TO SCEPA AT THE AGE OF 90 BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS CAPTAIN KIRK AND STAR TREK SHATNER JOINED THREE OTHER PASSENGERS FOR THIS LAUNCH TO SPACE IN A BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET. THEY EXPERIENCE WEIGHTLESSNESS FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFEOR PARACHUTGIN BACK DOWN SAFELY IN A WEST TEXAS DESERT ANDHI WLE CAPTAIN KIRK MAY HAVE ENBE USED TO GO INTO SPACE. THIS WAS THE FIRST FOR SHATNER AND SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF IT’S REALLY HEALTHY FOR A 90 YEAR OLD MAN TO LEAVE THE PLANET. SO DR. RICHARD SCHURGIN IS A PHYSICIAN WITH NASA AND HE’S TREATED A LOT OF SHORT-TERM AND LONG-HAUL ASTRONAUTS. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS THAT SPACE TRAVEL HAS ON THE HUMAN BODY? MY FRIEND THASNK FOR HAVING ME INITIALLY, BUT EVERYBODY’S GOING TO HAVE KIND OF THIS RUSH OF FLUID UP TOWARDS HER HEAD. FEEL A LITTLE STUFFY THE HEAD LLWI FLEE A LITTLE BIT FULL AND THEIR ABILITY TO KINDF O TELL WHAT'’ UP DOWN RIGHT LEFT. THEIR ORIENTATION SENSE WILL BE THROWN OFF BECAUSE GRAVITY IS NOT EXERTING. IT’S EFFECT ON YOUR RIGHT YOUR INNER EAR ANYMORE. SO THAT’LL BE A LITTLE DISORIENTATING BUT EVERYTHING ELSE GENERALLY WORKS PRETTY WELL. SO DOES IT DOES IT HOW OLD YOU ARE? ,UM IT’S IT’S SOME YSWA IT DOES. I THINK A OF IT DEPENDS ON URYO ISTH GOING IONT A SPACE BUT NEGERALLY THE BODY WILL ADAPT IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THE RHTIG COUNTER MEASURES THE RIGHT SUITS SEE THAT ETC. SO THERE’S NOT A LOT OF VIBRATION OR ACCELERATION. I THINK MOST PEOPLE CAN DO PRETTY WELL. SO ARE THERE ANY ACTIONS ASTRONAUTS CAN CAN TAKE TO TRY TO AVOID THOSE SYMPTOMS OR IS IT JUST GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS? A GOOD QUESTION. UM MEDICATION IS SOMETHING REALLY KIND OF COUNTERACTED. NAUSEA INVOLVING SO ME MOSTLY DIDN’T ASK WILL USE SOME MEDICINE TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF SOME OF THE NAUSEA CAN OCCUR AND YOU CAN USE THAT PREYTT MUCH IN ANY CAN USE THAT PREYTT MUCH IN AGE. THAT’LL REALLY HELP SOME OF THE OTHER EFFECTS, YOU KNOW FOR IN SPACE A LITTLE BIT LONGER LIKE LOW BACK PAIN ARE THINGS YOU CAN EUS YOU KNOW ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES LIKE PROVEN OR SOMETHING, BUT THE MAIN THING THAT MAYBE SOMEONE IS AGE AND I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUTR. M SHATNER’S HISTORY FROM THE LOOKS OF IT. HE’S EXTREMYEL HEALTHY 90 YEAR OLD YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR HEART BEING ABLE TO DISTRIBU,TE YOU KNOW FLUID WELL, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT HE LOOKED LIKE HE GREATP U AND THEN COMING BACK DOWN. I MEAN, HE LOOKED REALLY REALLY WELL. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST REALLY OVERWHELMED WITH THAT VIEW THAT HE GOT FOR THE THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. I I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIM. HE DID GREAT I WAS IMPREEDSS WITH THIS HIS STORYTELLING AFTERWARDS. SO IT WAS I MEAN HE WAS YOU KNOW, HE WAS WITH IT DR. RICHARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YROU TIM
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Doctor explains how a space flight could impact the human body
Actor William Shatner made history on Wednesday as the oldest person to ever travel to space. Best known for his role as Captain Kirk in "Star Trek," Shatner joined three other passengers for a launch to space in a Blue Origin rocket.They experienced weightlessness for a few minutes before parachuting back down safely in the west Texas desert.And while Captain Kirk may have been used to space, this was a first for Shatner. His trip also has some people wondering if it’s healthy for a 90-year-old man to leave the planet.Dr. Richard Scheuring, an osteopathic physician with NASA, has treated many short-term and long-haul astronauts.He sat down with sister station KCRA to speak about some of the effects space travel could have on the human body. Take a look at the video above to see what he had to say.

Actor William Shatner made history on Wednesday as the oldest person to ever travel to space.

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Best known for his role as Captain Kirk in "Star Trek," Shatner joined three other passengers for a launch to space in a Blue Origin rocket.

They experienced weightlessness for a few minutes before parachuting back down safely in the west Texas desert.

And while Captain Kirk may have been used to space, this was a first for Shatner. His trip also has some people wondering if it’s healthy for a 90-year-old man to leave the planet.

Dr. Richard Scheuring, an osteopathic physician with NASA, has treated many short-term and long-haul astronauts.

He sat down with sister station KCRA to speak about some of the effects space travel could have on the human body.

Take a look at the video above to see what he had to say.