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[-] 33550336@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

What scientific benefits will this mission bring?

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure they are doing some studies into immune systems in space, stress/sleep/cognition of astronauts and all that. From what I've read in the papers they will be taking regular saliva samples in preparation to do a lunar south pole mission... where they are worried about radiation? I dunno the specifics this is arm chair science on my part. I'm sure that one day when we finally send a man to uranus they can sample his saliva and figure out what's going on down there if you know what I mean.

[-] 33550336@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

only my wife can inspect my anus

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's great! If she makes it to your south pole please have her spit in a bag and mail it to NASA.

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

No idea but it is cool though.

[-] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's mostly about testing the vessel used, for future actually useful missions.

There are some things they're doing, but it's scientifically not very much they couldn't do with probes.

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