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Post by scholar on Jul 2, 2009 11:42:04 GMT -5
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Post by Christian Soldier on Jul 2, 2009 13:22:48 GMT -5
Ooooo... nice! Just think, a self-sustaining colony on the moon. I don't know about you guy, but I love the idea
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Post by Jeff Gerke on Jul 3, 2009 7:48:22 GMT -5
A moon colony seems like the best trainer for a Mars mission and colony. We've got these long seclusion simulations on Earth, but nothing beats altered gravity and true isolation to train for Mars.
Still, we've got to figure out the bone density and muscle mass loss in space. I read recently that, even with the crazy-intense muscle workouts these astronauts do on the ISS, they still lose 15% muscle mass in 6 months.
No use having our brave astronauts end up like the slug people in WALL-E.
Jeff
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