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RESEARCHERS EXPLORE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SPACE TRAVEL WITH NASA GRANT
MANHATTAN -- The final frontier may be no further than Manhattan, Kan., as a team
of Kansas State University researchers launches a project funded by a $1.2 million
grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Thomas Barstow, professor of kinesiology, his doctoral student Carl Ade will research
what physical characteristics are necessary for an astronaut to perform lunar tasks.
The team also will study ways to assess whether a person has enough physical capacity
to perform the tasks.