The Astronaut's Guide to Surviving a Mission to Mars | Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D.

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Elon Musk is building the rockets that will send the next generation of astronauts to Mars, but they won't stand a chance of surviving the journey if not for the research being done by scientists like Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D. Dorit joined us to talk about inventing new ways to keep humans alive and healthy on multi-year missions into deep space.

Dorit Donoviel is the Executive Director of NASA’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health and Professor of Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Follow her fascinating work on Twitter at @DoritPhD.

This interview was recorded as part of Dan Crenshaw's Healthcare Innovation Summit at Rice University in Houston, TX.