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Having Babies on Mars Is Going to Be a ‘Titanic Challenge’

BRINGING UP SPACE BABY

The Red Planet’s thin atmosphere makes the healthy development of a fetus nearly impossible—and that’s only one of the many challenges Mars colonizers will face.

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A new report from the journal Futures forecasts that having babies on Mars is going to be a little more difficult than the birds-and-bees mechanics we experience here on Earth.

In fact, the researchers go so far as to suggest that reproducing on the Red Planet—essential for the success of human...

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