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Mathias Basner a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, who was in charge of conducting the tests also found no real difference in cognition between 6 month and 12 month missions. This is especially important since typical stays aboard the ISS last six months, whereas long term missions to Mars would take 150 300 days depending on the alignment of the planets and the speed canada goose outlet reviews of the spacecraft.

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For a full list of the attractions and events taking place at the Kennedy Space Center during the Summer of Mars (or to book tickets online) be sure to check out their website.

The Kennedy Space Center Rocket Garden at sunset. Credit: NASA

I do wonder, would it be too much to hope that NASA will start working on a civilian model of this vehicle? I can imagine plenty of people around the world would be willing to pay good money to have something like this in their garage! And who doesn like the idea of being able to do a little off roading followed by some in situ research?

Further Reading: NASA, Kennedy Space Center

People who plan and conduct space missions never tire of telling us how hard it is to do things in space.