February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
..., medical and psychological benefits, and possible methods of growing crops in deep space. According to NASA, five major hazards appear during long spaceflights: space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, low gravity, and the...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
... body is essential to ensure successful and healthy outcomes for space travellers. Outer space will always be a hostile environment for humans where hazards include space radiation, social isolation and spatial confinement, altered circadian rhythms...
27 July 2020
Radiation-loving fungus could protect astronauts from cosmic rays
...priority. Thankfully for those faced with a constant bombardment of space radiation, this problem might have just been solved, at least ...adapts to but thrives on and shields against space radiation, in accordance with analogous Earth-based studies,”...
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
... developed for people to move and live away from Earth in orbiting colonies or on the Moon or Mars, exposure to space radiation will be a serious hazard. Scientists and engineers will have to find creative ways to deal with this danger...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
.... Layers of metal and water or metal and plastic should be able to absorb most of this if it is thick enough. Particulate radiation Space travellers moving out of the shelter of Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field will have to contend with high...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
..., cataracts and cardiovascular effects, for example - occur predictably and correlate with the severity of the radiation exposure. Even space radiation exposures of less than two weeks without adequate protection have been shown to increase the long...
