Walking on Mars
Unfortunately, since I managed to break my main computer while upgrading it, there won’t be any new articles added until mid to late next week. However, by then we’ll have at least three new in-depth interviews lined up, and of course this column and the forums will remain active.
In the meantime, it’s worth reading about the problems involved in getting people to walk on Mars - both with the spacesuits, and with bone loss problems. The scientist featured in the story, Dava Newman, apparently intends to go to Mars; along with the three women who I know want to be the first human on Mars, it looks as if the first mission will be composed entirely of females…
Filed under: Meta on January 10th, 2002