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<journal-id>0864-0300</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-0300</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[ECIMED]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-03002019000300010</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Space travel in a high altitude environment: Biology by-passing the pressure laws of physics and BioSpaceForming]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Viaje espacial en un entorno de gran altura: condiciones biológicas que superan las leyes de presión de la física y adaptación biológica en el espacio]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zubieta Calleja]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gustavo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zubieta-DeUrioste]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Natalia]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute (IPPA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Paz ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bolivia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-03002019000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-03002019000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-03002019000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT After the accident on Apolo1, with 100% oxygen in the cabin, all spaceships now travel with a sea level pressure and 20.9% oxygen. Extravehicular activity requires lowering the pressures. It is complex and time consuming. Permanently reducing the cabin pressure would be a great advantage. A paper by NASA in 2013, proposed for the spaceflight environment: 8 psia / 32% O2 (reducing the sea level pressure (14.7 psi / 20.9% O2), but increasing the fraction of oxygen in order to replicate the sea level PaO2). However, we question this proposal, as it is based on the fear of hypoxia. Our proposal back in 2007 suggested that space travel should take place in a hypobaric environment of 9.5 psi / 20.9% O2 (like in the city of La Paz-Bolivia (3,600m) [11,811ft]). The logic behind it is that at all altitudes on planet Earth, life thrives in a 20.9% Oxygen, 79% Nitrogen. PaCO2 also needs to be considered. In a physiological manner, over 200 million inhabitants of high altitude above 2,000m [6,561ft], have perfectly normal lives. The astronauts could benefit of a Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) suit pressure of only 149 mmHg [2.8psi] (lighter, much more comfortable and efficient spacesuits) and space travel anemia could be reduced. The preparation prior-to-space travel could be carried out by adapting and living in a high altitude environment. We consider chronic hypoxia a fundamental step in BioSpaceForming (Adaptation to life in space). As all living beings start to move out of Earth into space, they will have to change their biology and adapt to new conditions.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Después del accidente del Apolo 1, ocurrido con 100 % de oxígeno en la cabina, todas las naves espaciales viajan con una presión de nivel del mar y 20,9 % de oxígeno. La actividad extravehicular requiere que se reduzcan las presiones. Es un proceso complejo que consume mucho tiempo. Reducir la presión de la cabina de manera permanente sería una gran ventaja. En un artículo de la NASA de 2013 se proponen las siguientes condiciones para el entorno de los vuelos espaciales: 8 psia / 32 % O2 (reduciendo la presión de nivel del mar (14,7 psi / 20,9 % O2), pero incrementando la fracción de oxígeno para replicar la PaO2 de nivel del mar). Sin embargo, nosotros nos cuestionamos esa propuesta, ya que está basada en el miedo a la hipoxia. La propuesta que hicimos en 2007 sugería que los vuelos espaciales se realizaran en un entorno hipobárico de 9,5 psi / 20,9 % O2 (como en la ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia (3 600 m) [11 811 ft]). El fundamento lógico es que en el planeta Tierra la vida se desarrolla a todas las alturas con 20,9 % oxígeno, 79 % nitrógeno, aunque también hay que tener en cuenta la PaCO2. Desde el punto de vista fisiológico, más de 200 millones de habitantes de grandes alturas de más de 2 000 m [6 561 ft] tienen una vida perfectamente normal. Para la Actividad Extra-Vehicular (EVA) a los astronautas les convendría más que el traje tuviera una presión de sólo 149 mmHg [2,8 psi], es decir, un traje más ligero y mucho más cómodo y eficiente, a la vez que se reduciría la ocurrencia de anemia espacial. La preparación previa al vuelo espacial podría basarse en la adaptación a un entorno de gran altitud y la vida en el mismo. Consideramos que la hipoxia crónica es un paso fundamental en la adaptación biológica y la supervivencia en el espacio. Todo organismo vivo que se traslade de la Tierra al espacio debe cambiar su biología y adaptarse a las nuevas condiciones.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[space travel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chronic hypoxia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[EVA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spacesuits]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[high altitude]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[adaptation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[viaje espacial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hipoxia crónica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[EVA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trajes espaciales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[gran altitud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[adaptación]]></kwd>
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