Your mission to Mars: the questions
Questions:
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What conclusions can you draw from these results? Do any of the fitness reductions prohibit useful activity on the surface of Mars? Which measurement is least affected by the journey?
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Now, after 220 days of diminishing fitness, the astronauts have just arrived on Mars. They now have a six-month mission on the planet’s surface (at 0.38g) followed by a 220 day return journey. When they arrive back on Earth they will be subjected to 1g gravity again. Do you think that this mission is likely to succeed?
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What is unrealistic about the scenario described above?
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