If technology magnate Elon Musk has his way, the first manned mission to Mars will depart at the end of this decade. The space visionary’s ultimate goal is to create a surviving Martian colony. However, new findings about the effects of long-term weightlessness and cosmic radiation on the body show that this goal may be more difficult to achieve than expected.
Just a few weeks ago, scientists made headlines with a discovery that was pleasing from the perspective of the space industry: Model calculations had shown that it would take fewer people to colonize Mars and establish a viable colony than previously thought. According to calculations by data scientists at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, an initial population in the low double digits would be sufficient to establish a permanent presence on Mars. However, the limitations of the human body were overlooked…
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