# Ep140: Space Medicine Part 1- radiation and retinopathy

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Podcast: [Pomegranate Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pomegranate-health-4653)
Published: 2026-02-02T02:00:00+00:00
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In 2027, NASA’s is planning to land astronauts on the moon for the first time in 53 years with the expectation that there will be a permanent base there by the early 2030s. And the ever-humble Elon Musk reckons he’ll be sending people to Mars by then too. This has prompted a renewed interest in the prolonged effects of space travel on the human body, and a lot of fascinating research has been conducted aboard the International Space Station over the last two decades. The main obje...

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