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To boldly and safely go: Biostatistics in space
Author(s) -
PloutzSnyder Robert
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00535.x
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , space (punctuation) , aeronautics , exploration of mars , international space station , work (physics) , space exploration , space suit , ask price , astrobiology , computer science , operations research , aerospace engineering , engineering , simulation , physics , business , mechanical engineering , finance , operating system
How can humans live and work in space? Ask one of NASA's biostatisticians. With the International Space Station, the prospect of a return to the moon and – who knows?– perhaps a manned voyage to Mars, ever‐longer space missions must be planned for. Robert Ploutz‐Snyder describes some of NASA's work to reduce the risk to astronauts.