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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by doon123 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @04:30AM (#18183034)
>> And anyway recent studies show that the human body is unlikely to bear a trip to Mars, let alone the health issues caused by weightless environment.

citations please..

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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by plopilop on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @05:01AM (#18183179)
My bad, here it is. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/09/26/1807522115
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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by gpm on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:24AM (#18184153)
That shows health effects (which we already know exist) - why does it support the claim that the human body is unlikely to reach mars?

My understanding is that without shielding about 5% of the voyagers will get cancer, and that many people consider this a reasonably acceptable risk. Does this make that number substantially worse?

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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by plopilop on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:36AM (#18184233)
It's also affecting nutrient absorption. I don't see any quantitative number about this in the paper but it's been mentioned several time as having an impact.
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