Biomedical Challenges of a Trip to Mars
Science & Nature • 1h 1m
Several agencies are planning to send humans to Mars in the next 10-20 years. Although humans have been venturing into space for almost 60 years, a Mars mission presents new and unprecedented challenges. Join Mark Shelhamer ScD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as he discusses NASA’s approach to these problems and its limitations. Explore new ways of thinking about human resilience that will be required for a journey to Mars. Learn more about upcoming live lectures at https://www.jhu.edu/hopkinsathome/.
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