Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Headline: Can People Go to Mars?



Space radiation between Earth and Mars poses a hazard to astronauts. How dangerous is it out there? NASA scientists are working to find out.

"It's a question of radiation," says Frank Cucinotta of NASA's Space Radiation Health Project at the Johnson Space Center. "We know how much radiation is out there, waiting for us between Earth and Mars, but we're not sure how the human body is going to react to it."

Read the entire article:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/17feb_radiation.htm



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