Damage Quote by Charles Stross

One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.

— Buzz Aldrin

One thing we've learned about space is that the human body starts to fall apart after relatively short exposures to microgravity.

— Homer Hickam

In my space journey, I felt vulnerable because we did not have anyone with medical background. When we make that big trip to Mars,…

— Sunita Williams

“For most people with radiation sickness, it is a life of significantly degraded health.”

— Steven Magee

“As I watched my mental and physical health rapidly decline during a decade of working in high altitude professional astronomy, I became suspicious about…

— Steven Magee

“Radiation can have profound effects on current and pre-existing injuries.”

— Steven Magee

“The illnesses in high altitude professional astronomy are generally a mixture of long term altitude sickness and workplace toxicity.”

— Steven Magee

Sometimes astronauts feel a little ill or get minor scrapes. I trained as a crew medical officer to do basic treatment.

— John M. Grunsfeld

“When I worked in professional high and very high altitude astronomy, I was completely clueless to what the long term biological hazards of the…

— Steven Magee

When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose…

— John Cameron

If someday rockets should open the gates to space, then we must be oriented as to its environmental conditions and their possible biological effects.…

— Hubertus Strughold

Congress often covers the exposed crotch of our human spaceflight program with the figleaf of science when it's an obvious lie to justify the…

— Rick Tumlinson