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   From: hrubin@stat.purdue.edu   
      
   In article ,   
   Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)  wrote:   
      
   >"Joe Strout"  wrote in message   
   >news:joe-A44AA6.08441529012004@comcast.ash.giganews.com...   
   >> In article <4017496e.201144726@news.eircom.net>,   
   >>  wallacethinmintr@eircom.net (Russell Wallace) wrote:   
      
   >> > On 24 Jan 2004 06:30:13 -0800, alexterrell@yahoo.com (Alex Terrell)   
   >> > wrote:   
      
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   >> No.  People have stayed in microgravity for extended periods of time;   
   >> staying on the Moon will be no worse than that (and may be quite a bit   
   >> better, for all we know).   
      
      
   >"Ah we sure?"  Seriously, we may find the 1/6 g isn't enough to prevent   
   >calcium loss, but is enough to make bone breaks more likely than in orbit?   
      
   So we take lots of calcium pills.  At any rate, we are not   
   likely to get answers unless we try, and there will be   
   plenty of volunteers.   
      
   This is not likely to be the only problem with living in   
   reduced g.  The answer is not on earth.   
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