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Fit for Humans? The Health Challenges of Outer Space
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Featuring Robert Thirsk and Robert Riddell.
In partnership with Green College, the Outer Space Institute welcomes Robert Thirsk and Robert Riddell. Robert Thirsk holds the record for the most time spent in space by a Canadian astronaut, working on both Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) missions. With a background in medicine and engineering, he has collaborated on many studies of the effects of the space environment on the human body. Robert Riddell is a Flight Surgeon for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and was the Deputy Crew Surgeon for Astronaut David Saint-Jacques’s ISS mission in 2018/2019. He is also the CSA’s Medical Mission Manager for Deep Space Exploration Health Initiatives.