Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center

episode 59, Distance. This is part three of our five-part series on the Hazards of Human

Spaceflight. I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today. On this

podcast we bring in the experts, NASA scientists, engineers, and astronauts

all to let you know the coolest information about what's going on right here at

NASA. So today we consider another hazard of human spaceflight the distance from Earth with Dr. Eric

Antonson.

Dr. Antonson is currently the Element Scientist for Exploration Medical Capabilities and the

Assistant Director of Human Systems Risk Management at the NASA Johnson Space Center

He's also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

A lot of medicines.

And clinically, he works as an attending emergency physician

at Ben Taub General Hospital.

His focus lies on the intersection

between Medicine and Spaceflight, and he's currently

tasked with minimizing the risks associated with isolation during exploration class missions

and the inability to provide appropriate medical care.

But first I wanted to start off one last time with Dr Mike Barrett, who, as a NASA astronaut

and former flight surgeon, gave his own thoughts on the challenges that are presented

when traveling far far away.

Well, I think there's many aspects to that.

One, I have to kind of think about the medical issues that we know our crews are going to be

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