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''This article is about a particular gait. For the process of working outside a spacecraft, see [[Extra-vehicular activity]]''


'''Space Walk''' is a condition that occurs to [[UNSC]] personnel that spend too much time in microgravity. It is likely that their legs become unaccustomed to holding their body weight due to muscle mass lost during extended periods of free floating caused by zero gravity. As a result, when they return to an atmosphere with stable gravity they have a strange lope to their walk. This is called "space walk" by crewmen. First mentioned in [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] when introducing [[Franklin Mendez]].
'''Space walk''' is a colloquial name used by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] crewmen to refer to a temporary condition that occurs to [[human]]s that spend too much time in microgravity. It is likely that their legs become unaccustomed to holding their body weight due to muscle mass lost during extended periods of free floating caused by zero gravity. As a result, when they return to an atmosphere with stable gravity, they have a strange lope to their walk for some time.<ref name="tfor">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 95''</ref> Space walk can also lead to temporary paralysis from the waist down.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 73'' (2011 edition)</ref>


Recent developments in [[Gravity Plating]] may wipe out this condition, as [[humans]] will spend less time in microgravity.
People known to have suffered from space walk at some point in their lives include [[Michael Stanforth]], when he briefed the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] on the [[Covenant]] threat on [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]];{{Ref/Reuse|tfor}} [[Aaron Gibson|Captain Aaron Gibson]], when attending a top-secret meeting aboard the {{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}} on [[2531#October|October 24, 2531]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 44''</ref> as well as [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] when they accompanied [[Kurt-051]] in the [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentation procedures]] of [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] on the {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} on [[2551#February|February 19, 2551]].<ref name="goo">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


Note, however, this term is only a nickname for Muscular Atrophy, an anatomical pathology.
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Latest revision as of 17:06, August 29, 2022

This article is about a particular gait. For the process of working outside a spacecraft, see Extra-vehicular activity

Space walk is a colloquial name used by UNSC crewmen to refer to a temporary condition that occurs to humans that spend too much time in microgravity. It is likely that their legs become unaccustomed to holding their body weight due to muscle mass lost during extended periods of free floating caused by zero gravity. As a result, when they return to an atmosphere with stable gravity, they have a strange lope to their walk for some time.[1] Space walk can also lead to temporary paralysis from the waist down.[2]

People known to have suffered from space walk at some point in their lives include Michael Stanforth, when he briefed the SPARTAN-IIs on the Covenant threat on November 2, 2525;[1] Captain Aaron Gibson, when attending a top-secret meeting aboard the UNSC Point of No Return on October 24, 2531,[3] as well as Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091 when they accompanied Kurt-051 in the augmentation procedures of Gamma Company on the UNSC Hopeful on February 19, 2551.[4]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 95
  2. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 73 (2011 edition)
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 44
  4. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 98