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PREFACE
“LIVING THE SPACE – THE SPACE A HUMAN HABITAT”
Natale Gaspare DE SANTO 1, Massimo CIRILLO 2, Amalia VIRZO 3,  
Mariano BIZZARRI 4, Antonio VIVIANI 5, Gerardo MAROTTA 6,  
Aniello MONTANO 7
Guest Editors of Annales Kinesiologiae
1 Emeritus Professor, Second University of Naple, Department of Medicine 
2 Chair of Nephrology, University of Salerno, Department of Medicine
3 University Federico II Naples, Department of Structural and Functional Biology
4 University La Sapienza Rome, Department of Experimental Medicine and Scientific 
Committee of the Italian Space Agency
5 Second University of Naples, Department for Airspace Engineering and Mechanics
6 Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies
7 University of Salerno, Department of Philosophy
INTRODUCTION
Living the space, the space a human habitat was the theme of a unique international 
conference, held in Naples on December 1–2, 2011. The Conference was promoted by the 
Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, the Second University of Naples, the University 
of Salerno, the University of Naples Federico II, the Department of Experimental 
Medicine, University La Sapienza Rome, and the Scientific Committee of the Italian 
Space Agency, and took place at Palazzo Serra di Cassano.
The conference was attended by philosophers, scholars, MDs from almost eve-
ry practice connected with space activities, besides scientists and Space Agencies’ 
delegates. Organized by a panel of representatives from those areas, the conference 
was inspired by a celebrated painting of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, who among the 
“most impossible dreams” illustrated the “pissing at the moon”.
Many questions were asked. Will man be able to live in the space? Will he forget 
Earth and its gravity pull? Will his mind meet the challenge? Will he really trust his 
new environment? Are we ready for Mars? Do we have the money? Which is the state-
of-the-art in astronauts’ protection? Do we really need superman? What can we expect 
from the experiments with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrophotometer built by Professor 
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Roberto Battiston, Perugia University, under the supervi-
sion of Nobel-prize Mr. Ting, and assembled on ISS by 
the Italian astronaut, Col. Roberto Vittori? Which kind of 
plants will be needed in space travels? What about hydro-
ponic cultivations? What about countermeasures? And 
what about protection from radiation? Are we utilising 
space missions to solve problems here on Earth? Is space 
a way of escaping, the way for an adventure aiming to 
realize Faustian dreams, in a time characterized by the 
most powerful technology? (De Santo, 2011).
The following are some selected, peer-reviewed articles, which aim to answer the 
above questions. We hope the readers of Annales Kinesiologiae will appreciate their 
holistic approach. 
We do know that to realize the dream new disciplines, new sciences, and new tech-
nologies must be born. The goal will be achieved following the path outlined by Nobuhiro 
Sekimoto, a President of NEC, one of the greatest corporations worldwide. He was a fel-
low of the candidate Noble prize for physics Kazuhiko Nishijima, but left the University 
for Industry. However he had clear in mind that his mentor, the Nobel candidate, was unfit 
for industry. For Sekimoto, to have success we have to reduce to a minimum the number 
of those who know everything (tuttologi in Italian), since having interest in everything 
distracts people from the heart of the problems. For this we need skills and enthusiasm 
and new cadres of scientists having – as Sekimoto says – the attitude of ants climbing a 
bamboo tree: “The tree has joints and ants cannot see what lies ahead of a joint. To move 
ahead they have to go over the joint. When they clear it, they run up against the next 
joint. We need people capable to drill hard in their specialties with the curiosity of ants 
climbing the bamboo tree” (Sekimoto, 1997; De Santo & Eknoyan, 1997).
ACKNowLEDGEMENTS
We would like to mention that the conference took place under the Patronage of 
Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic. 
We wish to thank Professor Rado Pišot, the Editor-in-Chief of Annales 
Kinesiologiae, for publishing this material and for endorsing the request by philoso-
phers during the Conference for adequate funding of space research generated in hu-
man sciences. Thanks are also due to the Second University of Naples, the University 
of Salerno, the University Federico II, the Italian Space Agency, and the Italian 
Institute for Philosophical Studies for making the event possible.
Finally, warmest thanks to Matej Plevnik, editorial board member of this Journal, 
for the time he devoted to bringing this project to its fulfilment.
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PREDGoVoR 
ŽIVETI VESOLJE – VESOLJE KOT ČLOVEKOV  
ŽIVLJENJSKI PROSTOR
Natale Gaspare DE SANTO 1, Massimo CIRILLO 2, Amalia VIRZO 3, Mariano 
BIZZARRI 4, Antonio VIVIANI 5, Gerardo MAROTTA 6, Aniello MONTANO 7 
Gostujoči uredniki Annales Kinesiologiae
1 Druga univerza v Neaplju, Oddelek za medicino 
2 Univerza v Salernu, Oddelek za medicino, Katedra za nefrologijo
3 Univerza Federico II, Neapelj, Oddelek za strukturno in funkcionalno biologijo
4 Univerza La Sapienza, Rim, Oddelek za eksperimentalno medicino in 
Znanstveni odbor Italijanske vesoljske agencije 
5 Druga univerza v Neaplju, Oddelek za vesoljsko medicino 
6 Italijanski inštitut za filozofske študije 
7 Univerza v Salernu, Oddelek za filozofijo
UVOD
Živeti vesolje, vesolje kot človekov življenjski prostor je bila tema edinstvene med-
narodne konference, ki je potekala v Neaplju 1. in 2. decembra 2011. Promocijo kon-
ference so izvajali Italijanski inštitut za filozofske študije, Druga univerza v Neaplju, 
Univerza v Salernu, Univerza Federico II v Neaplju, Oddelek za eksperimentalno me-
dicino, Univerza La Sapienza v Rimu in Znanstveni odbor Italijanske vesoljske agen-
cije, potekala pa je v Palazzo Serra di Cassano.
Konference so se udeležili filozofi, učenjaki, zdravniki z vseh področij, ki so na 
nek način povezani z dejavnostmi na področju vesolja, znanstveniki in delegati iz raz-
ličnih vesoljskih agencij. Konferenca, ki so jo organizirali predstavniki s teh področij, 
je nastala po navdihu priznane slike Pietra Brueghela mlajšega, ki je ponazoril eno 
izmed «najbolj neverjetnih sanj» na svoji sliki «Scati v Luno» (Pissing at the Moon). 
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Postavljenih je bilo preveč vprašanj. Ali bo 
človek lahko živel v vesolju? Ali bo pozabil na Zemljo 
in njeno težnostno silo? Bo človekov razum kos temu 
izzivu? Bo lahko zaupal novemu okolju? Smo pripra-
vljeni na Mars? Imamo denar za to? Kakšne so sodob-
ne smernice v zaščiti astronavtov? Ali res potrebuje-
mo Supermane? Kaj lahko pričakujemo od preizkusov 
s pomočjo alfa magnetnega spektrofotometra, ki ga 
je načrtoval profesor Roberto Battiston z Univerze v 
Perugi pod vodstvom Nobelovega nagrajenca gospoda 
Tinga in zgradil italijanski astronavt na ISS, Roberto Vittori? Kakšne vrste rastlin 
bomo potrebovali pri poletih v vesolje? Kaj pa hidroponična kultivacija? Kako je s 
protiukrepi? Kakšna je zaščita pred sevanjem? Ali izvajamo misije v vesolje, da bi 
reševali probleme na Zemlji? Ali je vesolje le način za pobeg, način za pustolovske 
polete, ki omogočajo uresničevanje faustovskih sanj v času, ki ga zaznamuje naj-
močnejša tehnologija? (De Santo, 2011).
Predstavljamo nekaj izbranih člankov, pregledanih s strani stanovskih kolegov, 
ki skušajo odgovoriti na zgornja vprašanja. Upamo, da bodo bralci revije Annales 
Kinesiologiae cenili njihov holistični pristop. 
Vemo, da je za uresničitev teh sanj potrebno razviti nove discipline, nove zna-
nosti in nove tehnologije. Ta cilj bomo dosegli, če bomo sledili poti, ki jo je začrtal 
Nobuhiro Sekimoto, predsednik družbe NEC, ene izmed največjih svetovnih kor-
poracij. Bil je kolega kandidata za Nobelovo nagrado za fiziko, gospoda Kazuhika 
Nishijima, vendar je akademsko življenje zamenjal za industrijo. Vendar pa se je dobro 
zavedal dejstva, da njegov mentor, kandidat za Nobelovo nagrado, ni bil pripravljen na 
industrijo. Sekimoto meni, da je za uspeh potrebno čim bolj zmanjšati število tistih, 
ki vedo vse (vsevedi), saj zanimanje za vsako stvar ljudi odvrača od srčike problemov. 
Za to potrebujemo spretnosti in navdušenje ter tudi nove znanstvene kadre, ki imajo, 
kot pravi Sekimoto, lastnosti mravelj, ki plezajo na bambus: “Drevo ima izbočene 
členke, zato mravlje ne morejo videti, kaj jih čaka, ko prečkajo posamezen členek. Če 
želijo napredovati, ga morajo prečkati. Ko ga premagajo, že tečejo proti naslednjemu. 
Potrebujemo ljudi, ki so zmožni trdo delati in ki so radovedni tako kot mravlje, ki 
plezajo po bambusu” (Sekimoto, 1997; De Santo & Eknoyan, 1997).
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ZAHVALE
Radi bi omenili, da je konferenca potekala pod pokroviteljstvom predsednika 
Republike Italije Giorgia Napolitana.
Želimo se zahvaliti profesorju Radu Pišotu, glavnemu uredniku revije Annales 
Kinesiologiae, za objavo tega prispevka in za njegovo pomoč pri spodbujanju želje 
filozofov, izražene med konferenco, po zadostnem financiranju raziskovanja vesolja 
na področju družbenih ved. 
Hvala tudi Drugi univerzi v Neaplju, Univerzi v Salernu, Univerzi Federico II, 
Italijanski vesoljski agenciji in Italijanskemu inštitutu za filozofske študije, ki so 
omogočile ta dogodek.
Za konec pa se zahvaljujemo Mateju Plevniku, članu uredniškega odbora, za čas, 
ki ga je posvetil uresničevanju tega projekta.
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