The space race seems to be back up and running again. Two weeks ago India was the fourth country to land on the moon and yesterday Japan launched a rocket hoping to become the fifth. Currently still unmanned, but that will soon change. In addition, the first tourists already booked a ticket for a trip around the moon as well, so it is only a matter of time before the number of people in space will increase.
Life in space has a major effect on health and has been described previously. Outdoor Medicine board member Maybritt Kuypers works as an astronaut doctor and counsels astronauts one-on-one. RTL news recently published an article about her work and shows the career path Maybritt chose.
Perhaps time for a career switch, given the increase in the amount of space travellers and with that the need for medical professionals in space travel?