# Could we survive prolonged space travel?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Lisa Nip
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Astronomy and space, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_nip_could_we_survive_prolonged_space_travel)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutations. As we seriously consider the human species becoming space-faring, a big question stands: even if we do break free from Earth’s orbit, can we adapt to the extreme environments of space? Lisa Nip examines our odds. \[Directed by Bassam Kurdali, narrated by Julianna Zarzycki, music by Cem Misirlioglu\].

## Lectures

1. [Could we survive prolonged space travel?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lisa_nip_could_we_survive_prolonged_space_travel/a8579a74b4a7), 5 min (TED's player)