KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Detailed explanation-1: -How much taller do astronauts get? The human body can grow up to three percent taller in space – that’s about two inches for a six-foot astronaut.
Detailed explanation-2: -Astronauts get a bit taller in space because of the decompression of the disks of the spinal column. The disks are slightly compressed when one is living on Earth, thanks to the effects of gravity. In space, the disc expands and the spine lengthens, as there is near-zero gravity, and the astronaut is taller.
Detailed explanation-3: -Grab those Martians for your basketball team Mars settlement-proponent Robert Zubrin has theorized that children born on other planets with lower gravity, like Mars, which has just one-third of Earth’s gravitational pull would in fact grow taller by a few inches than they would have on Earth.