Living with a Body in Space w/ Christina Sauer
Channel: The Cosmic Companion - Science Comedy, Astronomy
Date: 2023-06-25

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at the one thing every space traveler will have in common - they will all be Living with a Body in Space. 

Later in the show, we will be joined by Christina Sauer, Associate Editor for National Geographic Kids, talking about their new release, Why? The Human Body.

For the foreseeable future, people venturing out exploring the final frontier are more than likely to have bodies of one form or another. At least until the whole brain-in-a-jar thing is perfected.

Human bodies evolved on Earth, so our bodily systems are designed, more or less, to function on our home planet. This is not necessarily good news for those headed to the Moon or Mars...