One of the Japanese astronauts who led the study will still fly to the orbital station, despite the falsifications.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported that a team of scientists led by astronaut Satoshi Furukawa falsified the results of an experiment designed to simulate everyday life on the ISS. The space agency will scold the astronaut, but he will still go to the space station next year, writes Gizmodo.
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JAXA said in a statement that the agency will discipline Satoshi Furukawa for falsifying data on the results of an experiment involving 40 people. During this experiment, people were in enclosed spaces simulating conditions on a space station. Scientists checked the condition and experiences of people during the simulated space flight.
Participants of the experiment spent about 2 weeks in a private institution in the city of Tsukuba, northeast of Japan’s capital, Tokyo. According to the plan, scientists were required to assess participants’ stress levels and mental health. To do this, the scientists had to conduct a survey at the end of the experiment.
Instead, the two scientists falsified the data on the condition of the participants in the experiment, without any survey, and added false information to the final report. In fact, these scientists themselves figured out what to write in the final results.
However, JAXA representatives began investigating after seeing that there was a problem with the final data. The $1.4 million trial was discontinued and suspended. JAXA officials said the scientists involved in the experiment were too busy to devote enough time to collecting data.
JAXA will issue a reprimand to astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, 58, who led the experiment. However, this will not affect his mission to the ISS in 2023, as he is not personally involved in the production of the data.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency also said it was considering the possibility of returning money received from the Japanese government for the experiment.
JAXA representatives stated that they will make every effort to ensure that this never happens again.
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Source: Focus
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