The Brutal Isolation of Space Can’t Be Matched on Earth. But One Place Comes Close – ScienceAlert

Space and humans are not a perfect mix. Scientists are continually discovering new kinds of health risks associated with space, related to how factors like microgravity and cosmic radiation affect our bones and organs, and more besides.
But prolonged exposure to the environment of space isn’t just a concern for our bodies. What about our minds?
The psychological effects of extreme isolation and confinement during long-term space travel and missions to other planets still represent a big unknown.
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