[ExI] future fizzle

[Stefano Vaj]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:45 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> Stefano, the ISS studies show that most of the physiological damage is done
> within the first 8 to 10 weeks.
> ...
> Taking humans to Mars is unlikely to be much less than a
> four year mission with any readily foreseeable technology.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/28/vasimr_plasma_first_stage_test/

According to what is currently tested on the ISS, It would appear we
are down to 39 days. And of course there those Russians having spent
more or less one year on the Salyut...

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Stefano Vaj