China is close to the goal of giving birth to a baby in the universe

Chinese scientists are approaching the goal of creating humans in the universe, after completing a groundbreaking experiment on the Shijan 10 spacecraft with capsule that has just returned to Earth.

About 6,000 rat embryos - in the early stages of fertilization and consisting of only two cells - have split and developed into blastocysts within three days of being introduced into space. This result is considered very promising because all previous attempts by Chinese scientists and other countries to develop mammalian embryos in the universe have failed, Prof. Duan Enkui, real leader Current experiments, said. Mr. Duan is working at the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

"We hope (experimental) will provide scientific methods for human reproductive activities in the universe, " quoted the People's Daily (Chinese Communist Party) as saying Duan.

But Professor Tan Xin, a cosmologist, is studying the effects of the weightless state on mammalian reproduction at the Beijing Institute of Technology, saying that the birth of a baby in the universe not as romantic as people often think."It is a controversial, complicated scientific, technical and ethical issue," Tan said.

According to the researcher, the first reason is that no one has ever tried to have children in the universe. The most recent attempt was a Soviet experiment in 1979 to put 5 female mice and 2 male rats in the estrus period to a 2-day orbit. The result is complete failure. Scientists found no evidence of pregnancy or any mating signs in these animals. They suspect that mice have lost interest in mating when put into a zero gravity environment. But Mr. Tan said that sex is not the biggest obstacle.

Born babies in the universe is not as romantic as people often think.(Photo: Daily Mail).

After conducting many studies in the gravityless ground environment simulated, Prof. Tan's team found that the reproductive organs of animals are degenerated or damaged. This suggests that natural conception in the universe may not happen without special medical intervention or methods . "The bigger the animal, the more serious the problem is , " Hong Kong South China Morning Post newspaper quoted Prof. Tan.

The findings of Prof. Tan and his colleagues are similar to the results of experiments conducted by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) on the International Space Station (ISS), that long flights in space can do reduce sperm count and damage ovarian cells in rodent species.

The Xinhua news agency quoted Duan as saying that their experiment is unlikely to create "alien mice" because the blastocysts may have died during the return to Earth. Although the photos show that mouse blastocysts look almost like ground blastocysts, the team said they will analyze more samples that have just been brought to Earth to determine if they will be altered later. whether or not the time is in a zero gravity environment.

Born in the universe, babies can be "perfect"

Mr. Tan said that a baby born in the universe could be " more perfect" than babies born on Earth because the embryo is naturally developed in all directions in a zero gravity environment. But the last embryo to grow into a fully developed baby is still not a sure affirmation.

"These experiments can provide suggestions for solving some reproductive health problems on Earth. Duan's group has achieved an important step , " Professor Tan said. This scholar said that the problem of childbirth outside the universe will be the inevitable topic when people expand to explore the universe and other planets like Mars.

Capsule Shijian 10 was launched earlier this month, carrying many scientific research tools to carry out 20 scientific experiments during a 12-day flight, including experiments burning coal in the universe. Capsule returned to Earth and landed in Inner Mongolia in the afternoon of April 18, Xinhua reported.

China's first space station will soon be built and is expected to be completed around 2020. This space station will significantly increase the time that Chinese scientists can stay in the universe. Currently, they can only stay in the space for several weeks or months.