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We knew cosmic rays were a danger to astronauts' bodies, but it turns out they're hazardous to their minds as well.
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Mars One might be imploding under its own hype but that doesn't mean we can't learn from its ability to tap into people's desire to explore.
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New designs for potential single stage to orbit space planes won't replace rockets. But they could handle crews while the rockets handle cargo.
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Robotics researcher Srikanth Saripalli advances a bizarre argument against human spaceflight and in favor of sending a robots we haven't invented yet to distant worlds.
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If we're going to have astronauts working and living in space for years at a time, cramming them in tight, fixed spaces without artificial gravity is doing them, and us, a major disservice.
# astrobiology
The implications of the exploration strategy in Project Kronos may look fascinating, but imply some very scary and disturbing things...
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As far as colonization ideas go, Mars One is a terrible one.
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Printing outposts on the Moon is all the rage for mission planners. And if they succeed, we will all feel the benefits here on Earth.