Monday, June 18

Preventing 'Sick' Spaceships

Fungi on the ISS, growing on a panel where exercise clothes were hung to dry. 'This is a good example of how biological contamination isn't an old problem or just specific to Mir,' points out Mark Ott. Credit: NASA


Preventing 'Sick' Spaceships from PhysOrg.com

Picture this: You're one of several astronauts homeward bound after a three-year mission to Mars. Halfway back from the Red Planet, your spacecraft starts suffering intermittent electrical outages. So you remove a little-used service panel to check some wiring.[###]

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