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NASA Ends Year-Long Mars Simulation

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday August 30 2016, @11:17PM   
from the looking-for-little-green-men dept.

cubancigar11 writes:

The BBC reports that the year-long simulation of near isolation in preparation for a trip to Mars, has ended successfully.

A team of six people have completed a Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in near isolation for a year.

Since 29 August 2015, the group lived in close quarters in a dome, without fresh air, fresh food or privacy.

[...] The Nasa-funded study run by the University of Hawaii is the longest of its kind since a Russian mission that lasted 520 days.

Having survived their year in isolation, the crew members said they were confident a mission to Mars could succeed.

"I can give you my personal impression which is that a mission to Mars in the close future is realistic," Cyprien Verseux, a crew member from France, told journalists. "I think the technological and psychological obstacles can be overcome."

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• Re:I'll repeat myself ... Re:I'll repeat myself ... (Score: 3, Touché) by JNCF on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:01AM

  by JNCF (4317) on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:01AM (#395508) Journal

  You cannot truly simulate a mission to Mars if there is an available quick escape.
  [...]
  Everything short of "you're trapped, period" avoids the biggest psych issue.

  There's always a quick escape available.

  *takes off helmet*

  "I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time." -Hunter S. Thompson

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• Re:I'll repeat myself ... (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:10AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:10AM (#395513)

  Only suicide? What about everyone else, you selfish twit? Murder-suicide is the solution to all problems.

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