The main goal of the paper was to explore a possible mechanism for the finding in a mouse model. The differences between Apollo and non-Apollo incidences of hea

The main goal of the paper was to explore a possible mechanism for the finding in a mouse model. The differences between Apollo and non-Apollo incidences of heart disease are ~technically~ significant, but look to be there more as motivation for the experiment than a conclusion in their own right--their analysis of astronauts in general vs. the rest of the US population is also new, and more interesting.