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Our own bodies. We’ve sent people to space for decades — but we’re only beginning to learn what that means for their health
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The Human Body Might Survive a Mission to Mars Better Than Our MindsFebruary 21, 2019 |
Scientists are still trying to figure out how the human body responds to long-duration spaceflight… In particular, a mission to Mars could require at least a three-year round trip that would take a toll both physically and psychologically
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The Millennial Astronaut Who Wants to Go to MarsJune 15, 2017 |
Jessica Watkins, one of NASA’s newest recruits, says she’s ready—but only if there’s a ride back
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Astronaut Twin Study Hints at Stress of Space TravelJanuary 30, 2017 |
Unusual study of NASA’s Scott and Mark Kelly finds gene-expression shifts during nearly a year in space
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Year-Long Simulation of Humans Living on Mars Comes To an EndAugust 29, 2016 |
One year ago, six volunteers—an astrobiologist, a physicist, a pilot, an architect, a journalist, and a soil scientist — entered a 36-by-20 foot dome, located near a barren volcano in Hawaii, to simulate what living conditions would be like on Mars. Today they re-emerged from their year-long isolation
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Even Astronauts Get The Blues: Or Why Boredom Drives Us NutsMarch 17, 2016 |
The poet John Berryman once wrote, “My mother told me as a boy (repeatingly) ‘Ever to confess you’re bored means you have no inner resources.’ I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored.”
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It’s Completely Ridiculous to Think That Humans Could Live on MarsOctober 30, 2015 |
Our 12-year-old daughter who, like us, is a big fan of The Martian by Andy Weir, said, “I can’t stand that people think we’re all going to live on Mars after we destroy our own planet. Even after we’ve made the Earth too hot and polluted for humans, it still won’t be as bad as Mars. At least there’s plenty of water here, and the atmosphere won’t make your head explode.”
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