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Asked by faux1oxen to Ria K, Blair on 20 Jun 2024.
Question: what happened when you stay in moon for too long
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Blair Johnston answered on 20 Jun 2024:
It’s not really my area but assuming you’ve got all you need to survive then I think the reduced gravity would mean your muscles and bones would become weaker and struggle with the increased gravity when you return back to Earth. It’s an interesting question and one I’ll give a bit more thought to I’m sure
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DrLukeF commented on :
Blair is absolutely right. Astronauts on the International Space Station experience a reduction in bone density similar to osteoporosis on Earth, and though this would take longer if on the Moon because there is at least some gravity (1/6 of Earth gravity), it is still a cause for concern.
There is also no protection from deep space radiation when on the Moon, because it does not have a protective atmosphere like Earth does. The only people to ever experience this were the Apollo astronauts, and even this was only for a relatively short period of time. We do work on the International Space Station and on Earth to try to understand the effects of this radiation and when we go back to the Moon this will be the focus of a lot of research, but at the moment we’re not sure what the effects will be, though it probably won’t be good!