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This reminds me of the Scott and Mark Kelly experiment. Scott went up to the ISS for an extreme duration mission (1 year), while his twin brother Mark, also an
by datameta 3y ago
This reminds me of the Scott and Mark Kelly experiment. Scott went up to the ISS for an extreme duration mission (1 year), while his twin brother Mark, also an astronaut, stayed on earth. We are able to see what genetic changes have occured due to the stay in space. I wonder what papers have come out studying that.
- belter 3y ago"The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight" - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aau8650 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aau8650
- datameta 3y agoYes, thank you for the link! I should add that in Scott Kelly's book Endurance he detailed to what lengths they went to collect specimens (blood, urine, saliva, etc). The urine collection was quite challenging in microgravity.