#Believe me goldilocks rocks series#

Any medical condition that brought about the deficits we see would be considered a severe (though not life threatening) illness. 'Didn't have many issues' is doing a lot of work burying 'many, many issues'. The body’s most important muscle, the heart, is not exempt from this shrinking effect.'Ĭoverage of how returning long-term space travelers fare is common: that they are virtually invalids for weeks, that retraining the body to Earth gravity is a months long grueling rehabilitation regimen, that some deficits - like bone loss - may be permanent especially in older astronauts. Bones suffer as well, significantly decreasing in mass in proportion to the time spent in space. This can lead to deteriorating joint function, and can also lead to pain felt throughout the body.

In a zero gravity environment, muscles shrink. 'Floating in space long-term can have some serious negative effects on the body. Odd, when I google this I what I find coming to the top of the results are things like 'zero gravity causes multiple health problems' and: Others have spent close to a year in zero gravity and didn't have many issues. Is it? The record for being in space continuously is 15 months. 'Surviving the lunar night is incredibly difficult because it requires a lot of energy, but being in these pits and caves almost entirely removes that requirement,' Tyler Horvath, a doctoral student in planetary science at the University of California, Los Angeles and lead author on the NASA-funded research published online July 8 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, told Live Science. These partially-shaded pits and dark caves could be ideal for a lunar base, scientists say. Some of those pits may lead to similarly warm caves.

They could also shield astronauts from the dangers of the solar wind, micrometeorites and cosmic rays. But the newly analyzed 200 shaded lunar pits are always always 63 F (17 C), meaning they're perfect for humans to shelter from the extreme temperatures. The moon has wild temperature fluctuations, with parts of the moon heating up to 260 degrees Fahrenheit (127 degrees Celsius) during the day and dropping to minus 280 F (minus 173 C) at night. Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shared their report: 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.'Lunar scientists think they've found the hottest places on the Moon,' reports Live Science, 'as well as some 200 'Goldilocks' zones that are always near the average temperature in San Francisco.' In addition to making fun, whimsical characters come to life, Tatevik likes to read and travel with her family. Tatevik currently lives and works in Southern California with her husband and son. She later earned her degree from California State University of Northridge.

#Believe me goldilocks rocks series#

Tatevik Avakyan has illustrated many individual books and series titles for children and tweens which, as it turns out, are her absolute favorite subjects! She always loved drawing as a child and knew she wanted to be an illustrator as early as her teens.

She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten) 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story) 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes) and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults.