NASA also spends a lot of time figuring out how to keep astronauts from vomiting.

At NASA, where astronauts are hurled into space at 17,000 miles per hour, motion sickness is a serious problem. In addition to researching the latest space-age technologies,NASA also spends a lot of time figuring out how to keep astronauts from vomiting up their space rations. Like understanding the mysteries of sleep or curing the common cold, motion sickness is one of those seemingly simple problems that, despite amazing scientific progress, we still know Perhaps one day the exact cause of motion sickness will be found, and with it, a completely effective way to prevent it, but that day is still on the horizon.