Clothing in Spaaaaaaace!

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Problem draining lymphatic fluid, sinus clogging, lack of taste/smell, kidney stress, bone and muscle loss, upset intestinal flora/fauna increasing infection risks.... etc.
These are the problems known from the absolute fittest people. What would go wrong with the merely fit let alone average or sickly is anybody's guess.
The problems of freefall are enormous and numerous. You would realistically need a huge pharmacy to cope with it for the medium term. The long term would be life shortening and not pleasant.

What would go wrong with less than the absolute fittest people... would probably be exactly the same thing. Why would fitness change anything for most freefall problems? Most of the issues is strictly a matter of the design of the human body. Being more or less fit won't change anything except in some cases how much damage you can take.

I agree that drugs would have a hard time solving freefall problem, but that's just because it's the wrong tool for the job compared to genetic engineering which is hardly superscience.

Originally Posted by dcarson

One thing that's never had good research done on is how much G do you need to get rid of the 0G problems. Will a tenth do?

I can see people that live/work in 0G routinely wear something like the tabi socks that give a mitten like separation between the big toe and the rest. This allows you to grab a bar or edge to give another point of anchorage. They can have a thin flexible sole so you can walk on slightly tough surfaces without problems.

The tabi thing is a good idea. I wonder if boots could be modified more to improve maneuvering and amchoring or if that's the best that can be done.

We still don't know a lot about health problems in space. Since there are a number of different issues there are probably a number of points at which things improve.