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Name: erica m hadwick
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Is there anyway to reverse the bone densidey in space?

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Apparently our bodies have responded to gravity by building up our bone density when gravity is here. When it is not, our body says, why bother. I suppose we need to trick ourbodies into thinking there is gravity in space of the same size on earth.

Samuel P Bowen


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