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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.