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To: Dave Wright
Zero or low gravity effects also include impeding or preventing blood clotting.

Huh... How about that. That was a sub-plot for several episodes of the sci-fi show "The Expanse." I thought it was written in just for dramatic purposes to get several different groups cooperating to save their backsides... Learn something new every day.

7 posted on 05/06/2022 7:42:01 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Vaccine mandates: they are not about health, they are about obedience.)
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To: ThunderSleeps

The issue is that the blood flows in ways in zero-g that prevent it from forming the necessary micro-clots. Here’s a good article that explains much of the known research.

https://www.wired.com/story/zero-g-blood-and-the-many-horrors-of-space-surgery/


10 posted on 05/06/2022 8:26:06 AM PDT by Dave Wright
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