For some uplifting weekend reading, I suggest Mary Roach's excellent special Boing Boing feature "Death In Space."
The U.S. has plans for a manned visit to Mars by the mid-2030s.
The ESA and Russia have sketched out a similar joint mission, and it is claimed that China's space program has the same objective. Apart from their destination, all these plans share something in common: extraordinary danger for the explorers. What happens if som
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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/03/mary-roach-death-in.html
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