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

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: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday August 31 2016, @05:22PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday August 31 2016, @05:22PM (#395752)

    > imagine if a crew member decided to get homicidal

    My point exactly. If someone goes postal, either directly or through sabotage, the door opens and you get help, instead of being on your own to fix the person and whatever damage they caused.
    That makes it less likely that someone will go postal, and everyone knows it.

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