What characteristics of born-in-space humans could be interesting for a space program?

Let's imagine a near future where mankind starts to expand into the solar system. For various reasons, some humans start to be born and raised in space, in zero gravity and micro-gravity.

What characteristics could these humans have?

For a list of negative points, it's easy to find:

• Weaker immune system
• Muscle atrophy
• Bones atrophy
• Motion sickness on earth
• Eyesight affected
• Puffy face and so on

So basically, life on earth is going to be hell for these people, and they will need extended medication just to be able to survive. I want to imagine reasons that could counterbalance these points and make these persons extremely valuable to a space program. I want to point out that I'm not necessarily looking for very realistic answers, (I intentionally avoided using the hard-science tag) but more for coherent ideas.

I came up with some ideas already:

• Most of the negative points above wouldn't be a problem in zero gravity
• Better 3D motion
• More tolerant to nervous stress
• Higher IQ
• Shorter sleep time
• ...

So my question is: What ideas can you find to develop this list? What traits could make a human better suited for space exploration?

posted almost 8 years ago

Binson‭

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