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Space Travel Can Cause Brain Damage Space travel is one of the worst things your body can experience. Spending time in zero-g can cause bones to decalcify, muscles to atrophy, the immune system to weaken, the eye to flatten slightly and the optic nerve to swell. Time in space also exposes the human body to unhealthy doses of cosmic radiation, which can increase the lifetime risk of cancer.
The researchers suspected they might see some brain changes among all 30 of the fliers. In space, fluids in the body tend to migrate upwards, which is why astronauts frequently complain of sinus congestion when they’re aloft and often look slightly puffy-faced when they make TV appearances. Inside the skull, weightlessness has its effect too—and that ought to have a significant impact on the ventricles.
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