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- What's the Longest Humans Can Live? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/science/maximum-life-span-study.html 113 comments
- Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing the final frontier https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-voyager-spacecraft-still-reaching-for-the-stars-after-40-years 210 comments worldnews
- A team of Nasa recruits has begun living in a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii to simulate what life would be like on Mars - It will last a year starting on Friday and be the longest of its type attempted. Experts estimate a human mission to the Red Planet could take between one and three years. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34092770 638 comments technology