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Can We Survive in Space? It Might Depend on How Our Gut Microbiome Adapts

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An international team of scientists considered an often-overlooked aspect of human health: our microbiome. A microbiome is the collection of all microbes that live on and within our bodies, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and their respective genes. As they note in their study, the microbiota of astronauts will encounter elevated stress from microgravity and space radiation.

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Can We Survive in Space? It Might Depend on How Our Gut Microbiome Adapts

For over a century, people have dreamed of the day when humanity (as a species) would venture into space. In recent decades, that dream has moved much closer to realization, thanks to the rise of the commercial space industry (NewSpace), renewed interest in space exploration, and long-term plans to establish habitats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), on the lunar surface, and Mars. Based on the progression, it is clear that going to space exploration wi…

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