> Considering the long-term health risks to astronauts, especially those who are younger, from the perspective of their families carries a different emotional w

> Considering the long-term health risks to astronauts, especially those who are younger, from the perspective of their families carries a different emotional weight than thinking purely about oneself. “I’m not sure if I was the mother of those people, that I’d want that,” Blakely said. One straightforward solution would be to recruit elderly astronauts.