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Radiobiology heats up
Newsday ^ | 07/19/04 | ZERAH LURIE

Posted on 07/19/2004 11:02:41 AM PDT by KevinDavis

The U.S. goal of a human mission to Mars faces many hurdles, among them a shortage of space radiobiologists. It's a shortage NASA addressed in part with its first space radiation summer school, held last month at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: goliath; mars; marsprize; space
Looks like we are going to Mars real soon!
1 posted on 07/19/2004 11:02:42 AM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; *Space; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; ...

Space Ping! This is the Space Ping List! Let me know if you want on or off this list by freep mail!


2 posted on 07/19/2004 11:04:41 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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If I just give them my wallet ...would they take it to Mars and plant it someplace for me


3 posted on 07/19/2004 11:35:28 AM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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There are some major hurdles just in getting to Mars. If they solve any of them it will be a major accomplishment just as the chip was to computers:

1) How to get people to live together in ultra tight quarters for months and not kill each other.

2) How to keep fungus and bacteria from overrunning everything in the time provided.

3) If 1 and 2 cannot be solved, can 1 and or 2 be slowed down by suspended animation or by faster speeds?

The answers may change much on earth depending on the answers we get. How can we know unless we don't try?

4 posted on 07/19/2004 12:28:05 PM PDT by sr4402
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