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Loading contentA small crew confined together for years, far from family and the ordinary world, faces real psychological strain — isolation, monotony, and the friction of close quarters. Keeping a team healthy, motivated, and working well together is as vital to a Mars mission as any piece of hardware, and far less forgiving of failure.
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