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MAIL TRIIUtft, MWf.rf 0,. Thundiy, M.y 24, ltO Bodies May Have To Be Altered ' For Space Travel i San Antonio, Tex. - (LTD - , Two scientists think the bod- i jps of men may have to be ' altered chemically and elec-1 tronically to enable them to i travel through the bleakness ; and perils o outer space to other planets. The scientists are Dr. Na than S. Kline and Dr. Man fred E. Clynes of the Rock land State Hospital Research Facility at Orangeburg, N.Y. They will present a paper on "drugs, space and cyberne tics" next Friday at a sym posium on the psychophysical aspects of space flight, which the Air Force will sponsor at its school of aviation medi cine. Portions of their paper were released tonight. The altered human beings they think may be necessary for space flights would be called "cybergs." For Comfortable Living Their paper points out that man is made for comfortable living in an earthly environ ment. A cyberg could be scientifically adapted to the environment of outer space. A cyberg would have no problem of oxygen regener ation in his space cabin, since he would not have to breathe, j A "lung" powered by a solar : battery and attached to his ! arteries would remove carbon dioxide from his blood and replace It with oxygen. , Kline and Clynes said the rose osmotic pump inserted in the cyberg's body might be; used to cause near hiberna tion and permit him to toler ate the long, tedious journeys to other planets. It is expect- ' ed, for instance, that it will take about 250 days to reach Mars. Heated Electronically Other drugs could be used to keep the cyberg's brain ac-'. tive, or it could be neated electronically so that it would maintain its full functions. The cyberg, according to Kline and Clynes, might not have to worry about food. It is theoretically possible to process urine and pass the nutrients in it back into his blood stream, thus preserving his fluid balance. Since the cyberg would be fed through his veins, body waste would be almost no thing and the carbon dioxide in these could be fed into a fuel cell and converted into oxygen. If a cyberg's body functions can thus be changed, Kline and Clynes think he almost might be made artificially happy. The pleasure centers of his brain might be electric ally stimulated at intervals. Detector Would Signal A radiation detector would signal when a servomechan ism could give him drugs to reduce the deadly effects of radiation belts that surround the earth. If the cyborg were not al ready ready for long periods of hibernation, he could be nut tn clppn hv rfni fir an ' electrical device. Kline and Clynes said they already have experimented with a Russian device, the electroson, which can induce sleep and produce wakeful ness. They think this instrument will prove valua' to the astronaut during the tremen dous stresses that are pro duced upon his body by a I rocket's blastoff. Kline and Clynes think the cyberg idea might also be adapted to the conquest of mental and other diseases. Kansas Coeds Nix Kissing Contest Lawrence, aKn.-HJPD-Coeds at Kansas university rejected a kissing contest proposed by Sigma Chi fraternity. Repre sentatives of all the sororities here called the contest "in poor taste." The contest would have had five judges, .all blindfold ed with hands tied behind their backs. The contestants would walk by and "plant" a kiss on each judge. The judges would rate each con testant from one to five points, the woman with the highest point total would win. But the fraternity dropped the contest from its annual Derby Day. "Who'd want to win it any way?" a co-ed asked indig nantly. Man With Cold , Took Wrong Pills Dps Monies. Ia.-Bob Harritt reached for his bottle of cold pills and hoped he could ob tain enough relief to get a good night's sleep. At 4 a.m. he was still wide awake and sniffling. Harritt decided to check the label on the bottle. 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