Dr Beth Healey is an Emergency Medicine doctor who has worked for several years in the NHS and oversea's. As part of medical and logistical support teams she has worked in a number of extreme and remote environments including Svalbard, Siberia, Greenland and the North Pole. As research MD for the European Space Agency she overwintered in Antarctica at spaceflight analogue 'Concordia', otherwise know as 'White Mars'. There, she researched the effects of isolation and extreme environment on the physiology and psychology of the crew.

00:20 introduction to episode 23: Dr Beth Healey.

01:14 Welcoming Bath  

01:42 Where has Beth been the past week? Spoiler alert - astronaut application.

03:30 Beths thoughts on civilian space flight

07:40 Beths career to date

11:22 What is extreme environment physiology

13:33 Ben brings up Covid - but in a relevant way.  

14:40 Beths experience on Concordia in Antarctica.

16:40 similarities between Concordia and long space missions.

18:12 Effect on mental health during long isolation missions.

23:40 Artemis Generation

25:00 Being part of the journey!

28:15 Ben mentions ‘first man’, but means "Ad Astra".

28:40 Private space companies. Collaborating or competing?

29:45 Beths Hobbies

31:51 Wrap Up

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