#Space suit that'mimics'gravity tested An innovative'Skinsuit'designed to reduce the debili ating physical effects of space light has been trialled for the first time on the International space station by a European space agency (ESA) astronaut. The Skinsuit is he brainchild of Dr James Waldie, aerospace engineer and senior research associate at Royal Melbourne Institute of technology. Denmark's first astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, spent 10 days in the International space station ISS) last month, and pulled on the Skinsuit to test its effectiveness in the weightless conditions. Inspired by a striking bodysuit worn by Australian gold medallist Cathy Freeman at the 2000 Sydney Olympics Waldie and his collaborators have spent more than 15 years getting the suit into space. Skintight and made of bidirectional elastics, Skinsuit has been designed to mimic the impact of gravity on the body to reduce the debilitating physical effects space flights have on astronauts'bodies. In the weightless conditions in space, astronauts can lose up to 2%bone mass per month. Their spines can also stretch by up to 7cms, with most suffering mild to debilitating pain. Following flight, astronauts have four times the risk of herniated discs as the general population.""Given the impact of atrophy on astronauts in space, I wondered if a suit like the one worn by Freeman could fool the body into thinking it was on the ground rather than in space, and therefore stay healthy, "Waldie said. Mogensen is yet to publicly report his findings s
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