Astronauts return after 340 days on ISS
After 340 days in space astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko safely returned to Earth early today.
Now the real research begins. Because Kelly has an identical twin, Mark Kelly, who is also a former astronaut, researchers will be able to gain a great deal of knowledge comparing the differences in how their bodies changed over the nearly full year, with one in weightlessness and the other on Earth.
However, what I want is longer missions, two or three years long, thus far exceeding what it would take to travel to and from Mars. Only then can we find out if humans will be able to make the journey safely.
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After 340 days in space astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko safely returned to Earth early today.
Now the real research begins. Because Kelly has an identical twin, Mark Kelly, who is also a former astronaut, researchers will be able to gain a great deal of knowledge comparing the differences in how their bodies changed over the nearly full year, with one in weightlessness and the other on Earth.
However, what I want is longer missions, two or three years long, thus far exceeding what it would take to travel to and from Mars. Only then can we find out if humans will be able to make the journey safely.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
They aren’t exactly identical anymore. Because he spent nearly a year traveling faster than his brother, Scott Kelly is ever so slightly younger than his sibling.
Blair–
Excellent point. Would someone maybe… do the math on that? Positive I could not, but do get the concept.
He was travelling at non-relativistic speeds, so it is “ever so slightly!”
I’m new here– but a fantastic bunch of informed & civil people, read this website!
Wayne, I forgot to thank you for mentioning on the other thread the old TV show “Time Tunnel” and this seems like the perfect topic to say it… ;-)
That was one of my favorites growing up, catching it in re-runs (I think it only ran for 1 or 2 seasons)
Also loved Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (until it turned into Monster-of-the-Week along with Lost in Space…. ;-)
And of course Star Trek TOS
Time Tunnel was classic Irwin Allen, big ideas, big sets, low budgets, and brilliant stories one week and silly the next LOL!
Steve My Man!
Only 15 episodes of “Time Tunnel.” (They could just never “get a signal-lock, on Tony & Doug.”)
“Lost In Space,” first episode is good but then it just goes rapidly down hill. (I mean, Dr. Smith was a Soviet agent, wasn’t he? Turned all silly…)
Yes- love my Star Trek. The best S-F show, of all time. (IMO)
(Saw the original Star Wars at a drive-in, but just couldn’t follow it after that.)
How about some “Dr. WHO?” I just can not get into the new stuff, at all, but enjoy the John Pertwee & William Hartnell era.