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It's no secret that NASA, as well as private space companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are attempting a trip to Mars in the not-so-distant future. Less glamorously, NASA has been launching a series of missions to nearby asteroids using unmanned probes. These missions are immensely expensive and their value is not obvious. There's no chance to discover organic life or liquid water on...

  While most people understand that becoming an Astronaut isn't the simplest career to break into, they probably don't understand the rigorous mental and physical conditioning required to prepare an individual's mind and body for space. Beyond the physical strain placed on a person's body during the actual flight to space, the more time in space, the more strain on the body. NASA has...