Hi everyone,
I've got another weird question for you. I've been working on a sci-fi environment and I recently realized that, due to a miscalculation on my part, the gravity was going to end up being about 1/3 that of Earth's. I'm wondering if growing up under such low gravity is expected to significantly effect human height and bone structure; I know that it effects bone density, blood volume, etc.. But since no one has ever grown up in space I don't know if the skeleton would end up growing far taller with far less force to push against.
So what are your thoughts, biologists? Would the amount of force the skeleton is subjected to cause it to grow taller than we see here on Earth, or would the body's growth clock be likely to stop somewhere near Earth height?
Thanks so much!
I've got another weird question for you. I've been working on a sci-fi environment and I recently realized that, due to a miscalculation on my part, the gravity was going to end up being about 1/3 that of Earth's. I'm wondering if growing up under such low gravity is expected to significantly effect human height and bone structure; I know that it effects bone density, blood volume, etc.. But since no one has ever grown up in space I don't know if the skeleton would end up growing far taller with far less force to push against.
So what are your thoughts, biologists? Would the amount of force the skeleton is subjected to cause it to grow taller than we see here on Earth, or would the body's growth clock be likely to stop somewhere near Earth height?
Thanks so much!