Stopping a Mars mission from messing with the mind – Axios

What's happening: IBM, Airbus and the German Aerospace Center just launched CIMON-2 an upgraded robotic assistant that can read a persons tone of voice to the International Space Station.

Researchers are also studying how the brain and body might change during long trips in space, affecting a person's cognition.

The big picture: "From Mars, the Earth is seen as a dot, basically a small dot; greenish, blue dot. So everything that is important to you, your history, your family, your culture, your country, becomes an insignificant point in the universe," University of California, San Francisco psychiatrist Nick Kanas told Axios in August.

What's next: NASA may consider using its Gateway the small space station the agency plans to place in orbit around the Moon in the coming years as a simulation for a Mars mission in space.

Go deeper: Where to hunt for life on Mars

Editor's note: This piece was corrected to show Nick Kanas is a psychiatrist (not a psychologist).

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Stopping a Mars mission from messing with the mind - Axios

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