๐Ÿš€ How humans will safely travel to Mars

Plus: SpaceX is crashing into the Moon.
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By Ashley Bardhan

By Ashley Bardhan

Can you nap? Iโ€™ve been nap averse for as long as I can remember: When I was a kid, I much preferred harassing my mom to fry me a pink slice of Spam and watch TV than slip into dreamland. But my commitment to remain in the waking world wouldnโ€™t help me get to space โ€” according to the European Space Agency, human hibernation could be the way we safely transport people across the six-month expanse between here and Mars.

Discover more about your future sleep pod along with other stories in todayโ€™s Inverse Daily. But before you jump in, we are pleased to announce our three Rewards winners from January. This monthโ€™s Silver tier winner is Brianne B., our Gold tier winner is Alex P., and our Platinum winner is Steven K. Although we can only give out three prizes, weโ€™re so appreciative of all of you. Thank you for sticking with us.

Putting humans into hibernation could help astronauts travel to Mars<br>

If you want to go to Mars, the scientists helping you get there might need to make you sleepy firstโ€ฆ very sleepyโ€ฆ the European Space Agency recently suggested that โ€œhibernation could help humanity get to Mars,โ€ writes Inverse innovation reporter Mike Brown. But the ESAโ€™s hypothetical hibernation probably isnโ€™t quite the Matrix-level goop pod that youโ€™re envisioning.

Itโ€™s more like the sleep pods in Alien. Much sleeker, a lot less goop, Sigourney Weaver-approved. โ€œCrew members would enter pods, administer a drug, and let the ship handle operations for most of the flight,โ€ writes Brown. โ€œFor a multi-month trip to Mars, it could help a crew complete their trip with reduced stress levels and fewer medical complications.โ€

There are some entertainment benefits, too. ESA researcher Jennifer Ngo-Anh said in a statement that the โ€œstrategy would minimize boredom, loneliness, and aggression levels linked to the confinement in a spacecraft.โ€ Researchers just need to look to one unexpected place to be able to pull it off: bears.

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A SpaceX rocket is about to hit the Moon<br>

Yes, you read that headline right. A piece of SpaceXโ€™s Falcon 9 rocket is going to smack right into the Moon, and you can watch the whole thing from the comfort of your own home. Itโ€™s all very convenient.

โ€œOn Thursday, the Virtual Telescope project announced that it will offer fans the chance to see the [Falcon 9] second stage for one final time, as it will be visible from the Earth around one month before it hits the Moon,โ€ reports Mike Brown. โ€œThe livestreaming session for the event will be held on February 7 and 8, ahead of the impact on March 4.โ€

The rocketโ€™s second stage is leftover from a launch SpaceX completed in 2015. The company successfully blasted NASAโ€™s Deep Space Climate Observatory off into space, which โ€œenables NASA to detect solar winds as theyโ€™re leaving the Sun,โ€ writes Brown. 

Typically, SpaceX collects its second stage after a flight, but โ€œbecause this destination was so far away, SpaceX instead left the second stage in space.โ€ It sounds a little painful, but you donโ€™t need to worry about the Moon. It wonโ€™t be terribly damaged, and in fact, the event might even provide some fun nostalgia for our celestial friend โ€” NASA hit the Moon twice in 2009 on purpose.

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Intergalactic beach resort:

<b>Do plant-based โ€œmeatsโ€ really have enough protein?</b><br>

Iโ€™m deathly allergic to legumes, so Iโ€™ve always been jealous of plant-based eaters. Enjoying tofu with pleasure and elation? I could never! Well, I could. But only once. Anyway, according to Inverse science reporter Elana Spivack, I might not need to be completely jealous of plant-based diets.

Some meat substitutes might not provide enough protein. But thereโ€™s no simple answer to whether or not plant-based โ€œmeatโ€ is protein-rich enough, and Spivack writes that it โ€œreveals an intriguing disconnect between how we think about protein on the plate versus the actual chemistry of different proteins themselves.โ€

โ€œJust because something is full of protein doesnโ€™t mean itโ€™s nutritious,โ€ writes Spivack, โ€œAnd meat, which is full of protein and iron, is not a nutritious diet in isolation, but it can be part of a wholesome diet.โ€ So although three ounces of Impossible Burger โ€œmeatโ€ has 19 grams of protein compared to 22 grams in 90 percent lean beef, if you appropriately plan your meals, it might not make a difference in how well youโ€™re eating.

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Itโ€™s only natural:

<b>Why do dogs eat grass and poop?</b><br>

While weโ€™re talking about nutritious diets, let's talk about dogs that eat poop. Whatโ€™s up with that? โ€œYou might write it off as just one more weird dog behavior,โ€ writes Tara Yarlagadda, but โ€œexperts say that your dogโ€™s grass-chomping habits may have complex evolutionary roots.โ€

Inverse spoke to pet experts about that dog topic and others too big to google, like if dogs are really carnivores, if eating grass is safe for them, and why they enjoy digging into the trash to gnaw on yesterdayโ€™s beef stroganoff.

A lot of these dog behaviors gesture at evolutionary behaviors โ€œor, more simply, a means to pass the time,โ€ writes Yarlagadda. But owners shouldnโ€™t tolerate all behaviors, regardless of where they come from. Namely, โ€œeating poop โ€” a practice known as โ€˜coprophagiaโ€™ โ€” is one of the more common and perturbing non-food items that dogs consume, and this one can have consequences,โ€ writes Yarlagadda.

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