A NASA team has tested a space suit in a setting with extreme conditions akin to some of those found on Mars -- an Argentine base in Antarctica -- for possible use on a visit to the Red Planet.
The NDX-1 space suit, designed by Argentine aerospace engineer Pablo de Leon, endured frigid...
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Link RemovedHaving your appendix removed is a relatively simple surgical procedure. But not when you are stationed at a remote Antarctic station, 1,000 miles from help - and you're the only doctor.
This is exactly what happened to Rogozov when he was part of the sixth Soviet Antarctic expedition...
It feels inappropriate to interrupt the unique and personal experience of sitting alone, looking out at the edge of Earth's last untouched wilderness, writes the world's greatest travelling toilet fan, Luke Barclay.
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