Marshall Brain's Blog

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The challenge of long-term space flight

This is a good article on the problems that come with long-term space flight -- Surviving Space: Risks to Humans on the Moon and Mars. From the article:

"Charles, who works at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, offered up his danger list yesterday:


• Lack of a medical facility could turn a mundane injury into a life-threatening situation;
  
• 'Psychosocial' pressure will be high in a small group isolated for months or years;
  
• Zero or reduced gravity causes bone and muscle loss;
  
• Dangerous radiation particles are abundant beyond Earth orbit."

It will be interesting to see the solutions we invent.