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From: moose@ames.UUCP (Mary Kaiser)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: space delivery
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 17:28:35 EDT
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> In article <319@baylor.UUCP> peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> >Wouldn't the calcium deficiency noted in free fall SERIOUSLY harm the fetus (who
> >can't use a treadmill, or would the mother's exercising serve?)?
> 
>     Since the fetus is floating anyway, prior to birth, there would
> not likely be any effect to being additionally weightless.
> 
> Cheers,		Fred Williams

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Sorry folks, but neutral buoyancy *ain't* the same as 0-G, especially
as far as your internal organs are concerned (see "The Forever Wars").
Personally, I think this little bambino is going to have a lot of
trouble in terms of proper fetal develop, since much of bone growth
(i.e. calcium layering) is gravity dependent.  Ditto for other developmental
processes.  On earth, a fetus/embryo may be floating, but gravity is still
playing an important role in physiological development.

COMING SOON......"SPACE MUTANTS!"