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'''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 paralyzation from the waist down.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 73'' (2011 edition)</ref>

People known to have suffered of space walk at some point in their lives include [[Michael Stanforth|Rear Admiral Michael Stanforth]], when he briefed the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] on the [[Covenant]] threat on [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]];<ref name="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>