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Yeah the last person we sent to the moon was in 1972, so long ago that Eugene Cernan has since died at 82 years old.

• est31 8y ago
  Is there an updated version of this xkcd somewhere? https://xkcd.com/893/ https://xkcd.com/893/
  • jedberg 8y ago
    No, but there are four left, so we're tracking just above the 5th percentile line.
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    • saagarjha 8y ago
      I think I remember hearing something about the Apollo astronauts having higher-than-average rates of cardiovascular disease as a result of the increased radiation in space.
      • garmaine 8y ago
        The sample size is definitely not large enough to make such a broad generalization.
        • code_duck 8y ago
          I would imagine that there are more medical details than this to the story.