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Space speeds up stem cell ageing

Space speeds up stem cell ageing

CNN - 05-Sep-2025

Microgravity triggers stem cell stress, risking astronaut health but offering biomedical clues

NASA’s Mitochondria Fix Could Boost Astronaut Health

NASA’s Mitochondria Fix Could Boost Astronaut Health

Next Big Future - 25-Aug-2025

Cell power-boosting therapy may extend healthspan by a decade beyond space missions

Synthetic biology can turn microbes into tools for survival in space

Synthetic biology can turn microbes into tools for survival in space

Live Forever Club - 21-Jul-2025

These advances also benefit Earth with better health tech

Space travel harms muscles but young cells fight back with stimulation

Space travel harms muscles but young cells fight back with stimulation

Live Forever Club - 04-Jul-2025

This insight may help astronauts and older adults maintain muscle health

Life in space weakens muscles, bones, and balance; recovery on Earth takes months

Life in space weakens muscles, bones, and balance; recovery on Earth takes months

BBC - 19-Mar-2025

Fluid shifts in space cause vision and brain issues

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Space Colonization Resources

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The Wandering Earth

2019 Chinese science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo

Aurora

Amazon

Incredible story of first voyage beyond the solar system written by Kim Stanley Robinson

2312

Amazon

A hard science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson

Space Capitalism: How Humans Will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids

Amazon

Compares aspect of space exploration by private entrepreneurs as opposed to governments written by Peter Lothian Nelson

Fugitive Telemetry

Amazon

Science fiction novel #6 from The Murderbot Diaries series written by Martha Wells

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Space Colonization Blog Posts

Longevity and coping with an ever increasing population
07-Jul-2015

Longevity and coping with an ever increasing population

Replace the defence budget with a space colonisation budget and everyone board can be shipped off planet

Space Colonization