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Space Colonization News Archive

Tiny robot performs simulated surgery on the space station

Evening Standard - 14-Feb-2024

From war zones to Mars, this droid could be the future of healthcare in remote locations

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Space travel throws a curveball at astronauts' guts, challenging their health

Earth.com - 02-Feb-2024

Understanding the adaptation is crucial for protecting them on long missions

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First metal 3D printer heads to the ISS for on-demand manufacturing in space

Singularity Hub - 31-Jan-2024

Stronger tools and parts from recycled materials -a sustainable way for space exploration

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A tiny robot arm, MIRA, is heading to the ISS to see if it can do surgeries in space

Gizmodo - 29-Jan-2024

If it works well, MIRA could help keep astronauts healthy on long space trips

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Astronauts and the elderly might get special shots to keep their bones strong

Medical Xpress - 22-Jan-2024

The potential for human trials starting by 2025 suggests rapid progress

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Heart gets smaller in long duration space missions

BBC - 30-Mar-2021

Despite exercising, reduced gravity causes heart atrophy in space travelers, likewise in long-distance swimmers

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Decoded - why travelling through space can make you older

iNews - 25-Nov-2020

Mitochondrial damage accelerates ageing on exposure to space radiation and microgravity

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Treating space induced muscle and bone loss in mice

Astronomy - 09-Sep-2020

We can probably take space holidays without worrying about muscle wasting in future

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Nanoparticles might be the new vitamins

Phys.org - 03-Sep-2020

Space research suggests they might have a better antioxidant action than vitamins

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New technology will be needed to perform surgery in space

The Conversation - 08-Jul-2020

With increasing space flights it's inevitable that complex procedures will be carried out in microgravity

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Seeds can survive the travel through space and still grow

Independent - 15-May-2020

But it may reduce the "germination vigour" of the seeds a little bit

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ESA starts an oxygen plant to produce oxygen using Moon dust

Independent - 20-Mar-2020

One step closer to colonizing the Moon - how fast can we get there?

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Lettuce grown in space vs one from Earth: very similar nutrient levels

New Scientist - 06-Mar-2020

Research suggests astronauts could soon produce their own food in space

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Experts look at new techs to enable faster trip to Mars

BBC - 25-Dec-2019

Speed, maximum load, human safety, and power source, among the main factors considered

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Metabolism and mitochondria gene function impacted by spaceflight

New Scientist - 07-Nov-2019

Most changes reversed when back on Earth - but what about Mars microgravity?

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A space cable between the Earth and the Moon is much more cost effective

Futurism - 27-Aug-2019

If this works, one day we will be able to build space colonies at the Lagrange point

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Aerogel sheet demonstrates ability to make Mars fertile

Guardian - 15-Jul-2019

For long term space voyages we will need to grow food and use local resources

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We’ve managed to protect astronauts from health risks of space radiation

Discover - 04-Jul-2019

We'll have to limit health risks of space travel to colonise other worlds

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New telomeres lengthening treatment - space flight!

Independent - 11-Apr-2019

Unfortunately the effect disappears after returning to Earth

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Sci-fi blockbuster imagines whole Earth migration

The Verge - 09-Feb-2019

Concept of moving whole planets was imagined in 1937 novel Star Maker

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Do you want to give birth in space? Apply here!

GEEK - 14-Jan-2019

Nice idea, but timelines are totally unrealistic, let alone the practicalities

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Human cartilage tissue 3D bioprinted on ISS

Med-Tech News - 10-Jan-2019

One small step for man, one bioprinted leg for mankind?!

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Can We Terraform Mars to Make It Earth-Like?

Space - 30-Jul-2018

Experts found that there’s not enough CO2 in Mars to make it habitable

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100 people needed to start trip to another star

Phys.org - 15-Jun-2018

With a minimum 630 years of traveling, 98 crew members will be needed to sustain a these ships

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Will we ever colonise an asteroid?

BBC - 13-Jun-2018

An expert explains the challenges of sustaining life in an asteroid and ideas to overcome them

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NASA's plan for an aerial colony above Venus

NBC News - 05-Jun-2018

HAVOC spacecraft will deploy helium balloons to float above the inhospitable Venus environment

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Elon Musk still thinks a Mars colony will save us from a future dark age

The Verge - 11-Mar-2018

Elon Musk talks about all the ways humanity may be doomed in the future.

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Humans Could Someday Colonize Jupiter and Venus

Interesting Engineering - 21-Jan-2018

Mars One is hoping to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.

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A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space

Futurism - 30-Oct-2017

Late 2017: Heavy Falcon Launch

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Discovery of 50km cave raises hopes for human colonisation of moon

Guardian - 19-Oct-2017

Japan’s space agency said it had discovered an enormous cave beneath the lunar surface that could be turned into an exploration base for astronauts.

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Elon Musk Reveals More About Plan to Colonize Mars

Fortune - 15-Oct-2017

Musk clarified that, though he has shared images of vast Martian cities in his presentations on Mars colonization SpaceX isn’t focused on building those cities itself.

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Mars crews could be at risk from onboard microbes

Guardian - 04-Oct-2017

Mars500 project simulated a 17 month mission to Mars in a 180sq metre capsule.

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Asteroid mining could support space colonies

CBC - 22-Sep-2017

A team of researchers are planning to send robotic spacecraft into outer space, land near asteroids hurtling through the abyss and mine them for water, metals and other elements that will make colonizing space that much easier.

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City could be built on on Mars by 2062

Independent - 22-Jun-2017

Elon Musk says a city of a million people could be established on Mars within decades.

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Longevity will lead to Overpopulation

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) - 04-Jul-2015

Article by Live Forever Club’s Adrian Cull considers 2 main strategies:

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The human universe: Could we colonise the stars?

New Scientist - 04-May-2015

Three main hurdles: 1. nowhere in our solar system offers a suitable environment, 2. will need significant propulsion power, and 3. interstellar dust likely to damage crafts travelling to other suns.

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