In comparison, an all-female crew would require an additional 3993-kg of food occupying 5.4-m 3 during a mission of identical length, savings of 1695-kg and 2.3-m 3 , the latter equivalent to approximately 4% of the habital volume (i.e., 60-m 3 ) of a ‘Gateway’ module, which would be operationally highly significant.
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Effects of body size and countermeasure exercise on estimates of life support resources during all-female crewed exploration missions.
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