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NASA Ends Year-Long Mars Simulation

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday August 30 2016, @11:17PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Leebert on Wednesday August 31 2016, @02:55PM

    by Leebert (3511) on Wednesday August 31 2016, @02:55PM (#395703)

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

    I work in the basement of NASA HQ, and this sounds like just another day at the office. Why spend money on test subjects in Hawaii when they could just study our cube farm?

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  • (Score: 2) by Capt. Obvious on Wednesday August 31 2016, @08:04PM

    by Capt. Obvious (6089) on Wednesday August 31 2016, @08:04PM (#395830)

    Why spend money on test subjects in Hawaii when they could just study our cube farm?

    Because the project manager had to be onsite for the yearlong run of this experiment. And would you want to spend a year in the NASA HQ basement?