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Right off the top of my head the medical data from long term space exposure will be absolutely critical to any future journeys. And I'm sure that's just the ti
by 51Cards 9y ago
Right off the top of my head the medical data from long term space exposure will be absolutely critical to any future journeys. And I'm sure that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to perfecting long duration systems design, technology proofing, etc.
- jpatokal 9y agoActually, much of our medical data & tech proofing from really long term space exposure belongs to the Soviets/Russians and Mir, not the ISS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_records#Ten_longest_human_space_flights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_records#Te...
- knowaveragejoe 9y agoHopefully the proof for this assertion is not simply that the majority of the ten longest spaceflights were conducted by the USSR/Russia, and rather the most impactful information was gathered from them.