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How nine days underwater helps scientists understand what life on a Moon base will be like

  • Written by Csilla Ari D`Agostino, Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida
Csilla Ari D`Agostino and her teammate carry out experiments outside their undersea habitat.NASA

As NASA prepares to return to the Moonin the next couple of years and possibly even establish bases, it needs a better understanding of how the human body performs in such an inhospitable habitat.

To that end, two astronauts, two researchers (including...

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