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Earth View Helps Mental Health

By Marc Boucher
NASA Watch
August 9, 2011
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A Station with a View: The Importance of Earth View to Crew Mental Health, NASA Blog
One aspect of long-duration spaceflight you may not have considered is the experience of isolation that can impact the psychological well being of crewmembers. Those lucky enough to experience interplanetary travel will be cut off from their families, homes, and even their planet. As the explorers travel, even the comfortingly familiar green and blue globe of Earth will resemble a feint blue dot.

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