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Expert: Mars Astronauts Would Lose Teeth

Posted by Hemos on from the i'll-gum-ya-to-death dept.

Ant wrote to us with a story on Discovery about the long term consequences of manned and "womanned" missions to Mars - lots of research about bone-weakening effects of zero G environments, with tooth loss high on the list.

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  1. All I want for christmas is my two front teeth by xted · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say we get all the astronauts to smile for a group picture when they land on mars.

  2. Send John Glenn by Swaffs · · Score: 5, Funny

    He probably doesn't have any teeth left anyway.

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  3. Re:That's not an insurmountable obstacle by number+one+duck · · Score: 4, Funny

    But how are you going to open bottles and tighten bolts on your way home? Teeth are much more mass/fuel effecient than spanners will ever be...

    Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was a Russian mission at first. Teaches me to not read the article...