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How do you think a cat would respond to living in earth orbit, maybe on the international space station?
Author: admin14 Mar
guitarusa2001 asked:
I know they have sent many kinds of animals into space, but cats use their whiskers to help them keep balance…so what happens when kitty experiences zero g’s?
the space station does not have artificial gravity
I know they have sent many kinds of animals into space, but cats use their whiskers to help them keep balance…so what happens when kitty experiences zero g’s?
the space station does not have artificial gravity
6 Responses for "How do you think a cat would respond to living in earth orbit, maybe on the international space station?"
Cats in space will be the same as they are on the ground. Indignated, pissed, and yet somehow indiferent to everything around them.
While floating.
I don’t know but it would be funny to watch them trying to eat their kibbles and bits.
It’s probably the same feeling you feel when you go to the crapper.
There is only one way a cat would respond to living in earth orbit i.e. “meao”
cats would exhibit all the other symptoms that mammals show when in space.
France launched Felix the cat into space on October 18, 1963. The cat had electrodes implanted into its head to measure neural impluses. Felix was recovered alive but the next cat in space was not. (The flight itself failed.)
Mammals experience various problems in a weightless environment:
1. Fluid redistribution which in turn causes
a) loss of blood plasma and temporary anemia upon return
b) dehydration
c) Head congestion/puffyness
d) Larger chance of Kidney stones
2. Balance/response to motion is affected because of Otoliths in ear
3. Weight bearing bones and muscles deteriorate
4. Higher radiation of outer space increases cancer risk
5. Disorientation due to changes in sensory input (no downward force)
….but the view must be incredible!
Balance keeps you from falling down. Without gravity balance isn’t as important as it is on earth.
A cat in space would probably have several problems, just like humans who are in space for a long time. We simply were not built for zero-gravity.
Space-travel would probably scare most cats, it would scare mine, but I think they might get over the shock eventually and learn to adjust to outer-space.
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