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Astronomy => In the Media... => Topic started by: Whitters on Sep 11, 2004, 16:05:00

Title: Secrets of a Salty Survivor
Post by: Whitters on Sep 11, 2004, 16:05:00
NASA Science News for September 10, 2004

A microbe from the Dead Sea may hold the key to protecting astronauts from one of the greatest threats they would face during a mission to Mars:
space radiation.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/10sep_radmicrobe.htm?list907772