Spaceship Could Carry First Humans to Mars in Hibernation
State
Scientists are currently developing a way to send humans to
Mars in a spaceship using therapeutic hypothermia. Six to eight astronauts will undergo periods
of therapeutic hypothermia treatments while in the spaceship to help the 180 day
journey to Mars seem to go by faster. Therapeutic hypothermia is a method used to
put your body in an almost sleeping state, where your body temperature goes
from 98.6 degrees to about 93 degrees.
Studies have shown that the humans will be fine physically be okay, but
scientists are unsure of the mental affects therapetuic hypothermia will have
on astronauts. Also, another issue is
that if Mars was to be colonized, we cannot just send 6 to 8 people at a
time. Specialists are working on solving
these issues and working on getting humans to Mars in possibly about 20 years.
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