More than 500 people have traveled into space to date and, while we know a little about how life without gravity affects our physical health, we know almost nothing about how it affects our minds.So, my colleagues and I have been launching ourselves, rigs of equipment, and our participants into “zero-gravity flight” to perform experiments. It’s a thrilling – and sometimes extremely nauseating – life, but it’s opening new windows into how we think and perceive differently in space. This is no doubt important if we want to colonize outer space. Weightlessness is a key component of the spaceflight experience.…
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Scientists are taking zero-gravity flights to understand the brain’s function in space
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