Loop-the-loop
It’s essential that astronauts are fit and healthy before they are sent into space – but how do they keep up their exercise routine when they get there? A novel new approach may provide the answer. Researchers have found that running laps of a “Wall of Death” – a wooden cylinder more typically used for motorbike stunts – in lunar gravity conditions would allow astronauts to prevent muscle wastage. “I’m amazed that nobody had the idea before,” said Professor of Physiology Alberto Minetti of the University of Milan.
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