Future Mars astronauts have radiation on their minds
Future Mars astronauts have radiation on their minds
Radiation absorbed on extended trips to the Moon or to Mars could harm
astronauts' brains, creating problems with spatial learning, memory, and
behaviour changes, new research in rodents suggests.
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle and the International Space Station are
largely protected from space radiation by the Earth's magnetic field. But the
crew of a mission to Mars could spend three years outside this protective
bubble...
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