Space Travel Accommodations

What are some accommodations to help Astronauts in micro-gravity?

• Work out and Take supplements for proper nutrition 

• Lift weights and pump iron

• They don't need to do anything microgravity makes you stronger

• Plenty of sleep

What is are the accommodations for living and working in space?

• Space shuttle, SpaceSuit, Exercising daily, freeze dried food

• Space shuttle, SpaceSuit, Exercising daily, freeze dried food, Television

• Just a ship and their phone

• Space suit, Rover, Telescope, food

How do astronauts accommodate the need for food when space on the shuttle is limited?

• Dehydrated food

• Hunt in 

• Grow food on the shuttle

• Order take out

Temperatures in space can range from negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit to temperatures in the 1000s. How do astronauts protect themselves?

• sunscreen and mittens

• temperature controlled space suits

• sunglasses

• pressurized space suits

Which of the following would NOT help to lessen the psychological effects of the isolation of space?

• Cryosleep

• Interaction with the Crew

• Exercise

• Looking out the window

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The human body can only go a few days without water. How do astronauts fulfill this need?

• Take frozen water

• Recycle wastewater

• Make water

• Chemically combine space elements to make water

Astronauts need to maintain their cardiovascular exercise when they are on the ISS for extended trips.  One of the easiest ways to do this on Earth is by running, but astronauts have a much harder time doing this in space.  Why would it be more difficult for the astronauts to run while on the ISS?

• running in a spacesuit

• microgravity

• it's cold in space

• lack of area

What are two materials that must be present in order for humans to breathe while in space?

• oxygen tank and some method for expelling carbon dioxide

• thermal control and water cooling system

• visor and gloves

• carbon dioxide tank and some method for expelling oxygen

If a shuttle crew member needs to communicate, then -

• there should be a means of exercising.

• an oxygen tank should be used.

• a vacuum should be used to prevent waste material from floating.

• special radios should be in place.

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If an astronaut needs to use the restroom in microgravity, then -

• special radios need to be in place.

• a vacuum should be used to prevent waste material from floating around.

• an oxygen tank should be used to enable breathing.

• there should be means of exercising to prevent bone density loss.