Genetically modifying humans for space travel

<p>Millions of years of evolution made life adapt to gravity. <a class="wikilink" href="/space_exploration/">Space exploration</a> requires exactly the opposite. However, evolution time-frames are beyond human patience. Therefore, it would make sense that a possible enabler for space exploration is to genetically modify astronauts<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>. </p> <p>We can go also one step further and achieve a combination of genetically engineering with access to external tools. For example, changing some neurological pathways in order to make a brain/machine interface easier to implement<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2">2</a></sup>. The fact that all this seems closer to reality than fiction does not mean it must be materialized. </p> <div class="footnote"> <hr /> <ol> <li id="fn:1"> <p><a class="wikilink" href="/short_wave/">Short Wave</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/24/916451663/micro-wave-mighty-mice-drugs-and-hopes-for-space-voyagers">Mighty Mice Episode</a>&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">&#8617;</a></p> </li> <li id="fn:2"> <p><a class="wikilink" href="/neuralink/">Neuralink</a> https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20697123/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-reading-thread-robot&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">&#8617;</a></p> </li> </ol> </div>