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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by 51Cards on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @06:41PM (#16321041)
Right off the top of my head the medical data from long term space exposure will be absolutely critical to any future journeys. And I'm sure that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to perfecting long duration systems design, technology proofing, etc.
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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by jpatokal on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @09:54PM (#16321913)
Actually, much of our medical data & tech proofing from really long term space exposure belongs to the Soviets/Russians and Mir, not the ISS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_records#Te...

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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by knowaveragejoe on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @10:26PM (#16322033)
Hopefully the proof for this assertion is not simply that the majority of the ten longest spaceflights were conducted by the USSR/Russia, and rather the most impactful information was gathered from them.
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