Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and
Mars simulation
Though it is not quite like flying to, living on, and returning from
the red planet, you’ll experience what they are going to be like in the same space
and environment. NASA is now recruiting volunteers who are willing to commit
themselves to spending 14 months in a simulator with three others. The
participants will spend several months inside a mock 60-square-meter spacecraft
unit, move into a one-story, 84-square-meter facility to do on-Mars duties, and
then go back to the spacecraft unit for the return journey. The mission crew will
live on a Martian day, about 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth. Also, their
diet is limited to space food and a few vegetables they grow in the simulator. They
are expected to perform all scheduled tasks, exercises, and rests. What the
participants will miss is Mars's gravity, which is only 38% of Earth’s, and the
hundreds of days the mission will require to stay on Mars before the return journey.
Can you maintain physical, mental, and emotional health in a confined
environment with only three co-participants?
Read the article and learn what NASA’s yearlong simulation program is
like.
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