The Human Body Might Survive a Mission to Mars Better Than Our Minds

Scientists are still trying to figure out how the human body responds to long-duration spaceflight. It's an important and open research question as NASA moves toward more deep space missions. In particular, a mission to Mars could require at least a three-year round trip that would take a toll both physically and psychologically.At the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference last week, researchers revealed new insights into the physi