Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That’s the question concerning University of California, Irvine scientists probing a phenomenon called “space brain.” UCI’s Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles – much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights – […]