ArticleCureus2025
Space Radiation Dooms Elon's Mission to Mars but May Hack the Brain and Fix Depression.
Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Sorry, Elon, space travel ain't going to be that simple! There is a growing body of scientific research that indisputably demonstrates the capacity of ionizing radiation to alter the activity of mammalian brain circuits. Unfortunately for the mission to Mars that you are planning, the ubiquitous radiation present throughout interplanetary space is destined to mess with human brain function, and by virtue of such, defeat even the best-engineered rockets and spaceships. Before you make too many more plans for a trip to Mars, it might be a good time to go back to the drawing board and solve this critical human biological reality? Yet still there is reason to celebrate this biological phenomenon; when harnessed correctly, space-like radiation will soon be used here on Earth to treat many common brain disorders, such as depression and addiction, which have plagued us humans through the ages.
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