Tag: space medicine
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Martian gravity may be easier than weightlessness, but nobody knows whether 0.38g is enough for lifelong human health, pregnancy, child development, bone strength, muscle maintenance, and psychology.
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Mars radiation is not an instant death sentence, but it is a chronic settlement hazard that requires shielding, storm shelters, dose limits, medical monitoring, and underground or regolith-covered architecture.
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A Mars emergency would test isolation doors, life support backups, food reserves, microgrids, medical systems, communication delay protocols, and the city’s ability to keep breathing while it repairs itself.