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Can People Go to Mars? Can People Go to Mars? NASA astronauts have been in space, off and NASA astronauts have been in space, off and 45 years. 45 years. They’ve never spent much time far from They’ve never spent much time far from Earth. Deep space is filled with protons Earth. Deep space is filled with protons from solar flares, gamma rays from newborn from solar flares, gamma rays from newborn black holes, and cosmic rays from exploding black holes, and cosmic rays from exploding stars .A long voyage to Mars, is going to stars .A long voyage to Mars, is going to be a new adventure. be a new adventure. Astronauts have rarely experienced a full Astronauts have rarely experienced a full dose of these deep space GCRs. dose of these deep space GCRs. Consider the International Space Station Consider the International Space Station (ISS) : it orbits only 400 km above Earth’s (ISS) : it orbits only 400 km above Earth’s surface. surface.

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Page 1: Can People Go to Mars? NASA astronauts have been in space, off and 45 years. They ’ ve never spent much time far from Earth. Deep space is filled with

Can People Go to Can People Go to Mars?Mars?

NASA astronauts have been in space, off and NASA astronauts have been in space, off and 45 years.45 years.They’ve never spent much time far from They’ve never spent much time far from Earth. Deep space is filled with protons from Earth. Deep space is filled with protons from solar flares, gamma rays from newborn black solar flares, gamma rays from newborn black holes, and cosmic rays from exploding holes, and cosmic rays from exploding stars .A long voyage to Mars, is going to be a stars .A long voyage to Mars, is going to be a new adventure.new adventure.Astronauts have rarely experienced a full Astronauts have rarely experienced a full dose of these deep space GCRs.dose of these deep space GCRs.Consider the International Space Station (ISS) Consider the International Space Station (ISS) : it orbits only 400 km above Earth’s surface.: it orbits only 400 km above Earth’s surface.

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Astronauts traveling to Mars will be “out there” for a year or more.

“we can’t yet estimate, what cosmic rays will do to us when we’re exposed for so long, “he says,Finding out is the mission of NASA’s new Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL),Located at the US Department of Energy in New York.Researchers expose mammalian cells and tissues to the particle beams, and then scrutinize the damage. “The goal is to reduce the uncertainty in our risk Estimates to only a few percent by the year 2015.

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QuestionsQuestionsHow long have Nasa’s astronauts been in space?

What is deep space filled with?Is a long voyage to Mars an adventure?How do Astronauts feel in space?What is Nasa’s mission? What is the goal of the experiments ?

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