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Hibernating astronauts—science or fiction?

For long-duration manned space missions to Mars and beyond, reduction of astronaut metabolism by torpor, the metabolic state during hibernation of animals, would be a game changer: Water and food intake could be reduced by up to 75% and thus reducing payload of the spacecraft. Metabolic rate reducti...

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Autores principales: Choukèr, A., Bereiter-Hahn, Jürgen, Singer, D., Heldmaier, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30569200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00424-018-2244-7