Space nerds, has SpaceX talked publicly at all about the en-route obstacles to a Mars mission (radiation, deconditioning, closed-loop life support) and how it plans to address them? I can find stuff about launch and landing but not the middle part that is the actual dealbreaker.
Very true that 'go faster' is a pretty universal fix. As for the plants/greenhouse stuff, I'm not aware of any current effort apart from VEGGIE and APH that has been tested in space.
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Kimbal is on the board of SpaceX so I don't think it is a coincidence that
@squarerootsgrow Aquaponics system can be easily adapted to a Starship.@SierraSpaceCo Life Habitat is massively important since they can put a Commercial Space-Station anywhere https://www.sncorp.com/what-we-do/life-habitat/ …pic.twitter.com/ay4BY4RHev
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2/ they choose, with "Astro Garden" augmenting dehydrated food for long missions. The competing architecture must be constructed at ISS, SNC's is going to be launched as a free-flyer and their Crew-Dreamchaser will handle crew and tourist launches. A major point that gets missedpic.twitter.com/hzeuhwV5OZ
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