Dirk Hanson
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Why Humans Aren't Built For Space Travel
(Originally appeared on the Dana Foundation website, November 18, 2014, as “This is Your Brain in Space.”) When Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, made his historic flight in 1961, Soviet scientists limited the mission to a single 108-minute orbit, and breathed a collective sigh of relief when it was over. Why? The usual concerns—plus fears that a prolonged flight in zero gravity could prove fatal.
By Dirk Hanson7 years ago in Futurism