November 2018
Being human in space
... our existence on Earth and in the universe. Understanding the human condition is essential for future long-distance space travel. We are human and humans seem to have built-in flaws. In various isolation experiments, where a small group of people...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... be an oversight Consider a small crew of five or six people living and working together in a capsule travelling to Mars, millions of miles into the darkness of space. The crew will likely be the first to experience the so-called ‘Earth out of view...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... challenge and set about developing a suite of bioscience applications that would help propel humans into deep space travel. The group committed itself to the goal of developing an alternative pathway, one that would leverage biology itself...
August 2019
The next us – our evolution in deep space
... who have the ‘right stuff’ must manage their own capacity for being human. Commercial space is bringing the opportunity for space travel to become a part of everyday life and, in the future, will be as common as our current air...
December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
... interventions include the temporary removal and cryogenic storage of ovaries and womb before prolonged space travel (e.g. to Mars) to enable better radiation protection. SpaceBorn United monitors these developments regarding assisted reproductive...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
...numbers represent a significant setback for many scientists and wealthy space enthusiasts who have ambitious plans of human exploration and settlements ...amount needed again to account for the six months travel time there and back. Such a volume of ...
