Medicine

What are the special challenges of martian medicine?

A large part of the work done over the year on the International Space Station (ISS) has been on the medical challenges of space travel. Some of this work may be adaptable to Mars; but Mars has its own specific medical challenges.

Low gravity adaptation

Radiation

Perchlorate poisoning

Mental health

Isolation, disease resistance

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