At least not anytime soon, that is. Astronaut bone loss has been shown to be worse than previously believed, especially in the hip.
How bad? As bad as serious cases of osteoporosis on earth. Now take time on the International Space Station and change it to a trip to Mars in a crew capsule offering less, if not much less, room to exercise.
Picture a hip fracture from stumbling over a crater lip on the Martian surface
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