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Photo of the Week: Nighttime on Mars
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Giordan Thompson (MechEngr’20) was one of 21 ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder engineering students enrolled in the Maymester course, "Medicine in Space and Surface Environments," focused on aerospace engineering, human physiology and medicine. For one week of the three-week course, the students lived at the Mars Desert Research Station in southern Utah, where they simulated medical scenarios. The course was taught by faculty from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s aerospace department and from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Anschutz. Ìý
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PhotoÌýby Matt Kaskavitch/ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Anschutz