Engineering Humans for Deep Space with Ronke Olabisi

What happens to the human body in deep space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore tissue engineering, Wolverine & Deadpool’s healing style, and the science that could help humans adapt to long-term space travel with biomedical engineer Ronke Olabisi. We talk about the 100 Year Starship Project and the importance of attempting the impossible. We beg the question: if we lived our whole lives on a spaceship, what would we need? What questions have we not thought to ask? Ronke explains the basics of tissue engineering and its important role in preparing humans for long term space travel. What happens if you need a heart transplant or suffer severe burns while on a mission to Mars? Learn the possibilities of tissue engineering in space. Find out about how we could grow organs and bones, and even heal wounds, without scarring. We dive into mechanical organs versus bioengineered ones to the idea of genetically upgrading space travelers. Plus, who’s healing style i