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Stuster, J.W. (2017). Behavioral Challenges of Space Exploration. In: Young, L., Young, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Bioastronautics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10152-1_34-1

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