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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: thedoc on 13/09/2011 12:25:10

Title: How we people cope with the isolation of a Mars mission?
Post by: thedoc on 13/09/2011 12:25:10

Should we ever want to visit our astronomical neighbours, we will first need to get over a lot of technological, physiological and psychological challenges.  To find out how a long mission isolated from Earth would affect astronauts, Mars 500 invited a number of volunteers to simulate the experience from a specially designed facility in Russia.  Peter Graef, from the German Space Agency, explains why…
Read a transcript of the interview by clicking here (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1755/)

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