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We don't know. If the bones are "adapting" to a lower gravity, and stop getting weaker at some point, then it may be OK. If the bones are losing strength all the time, then it may not be.

And, of course, bones are not monolithic atomic objects but complex living things. Different parts of them may be described by either of those two cases, or others.




Also I haven't seen any data on what happens if you break a bone in low or zero gravity. Would it even heal?




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