'Phantom' Vest-Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon

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'Phantom' Vest-Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon

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From Space.com:
""Phantom women" dummies will make a trip around the moon in 2020 or so on a special mission: to protect all astronauts from radiation."

https://www.space.com/phantom-dummy-ste ... ssion.html

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Neat article, thanks Stephen :D I did find this interesting:
"The Russians, he added, use toilet paper on their side of the complex, which, with their high water content, is good protection against radiation."

Soooo... it's used? :shock:
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Re: 'Phantom' Vest-Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon

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Thefatkitty wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:28 pm Neat article, thanks Stephen :D I did find this interesting:
"The Russians, he added, use toilet paper on their side of the complex, which, with their high water content, is good protection against radiation."

Soooo... it's used? :shock:
Eewwww! :shock:
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