Saturday, April 28, 2007

FMARS for Four Months

This article talks about the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (finally an acronym that makes sense) is about to embark on a four month isolation mars simulation mission. The team of seven will be in an eight meter wide 'silo' that looks like two tuna cans on top of each other (echoing zubrin's words). The wind chill temperatures get to about -40C, and they will be in a rock strewn field, similar to Mars, when there isn't snow covering the ground, which apparently is frequent because the snow gets blown off. They'll wear mock space suits outside of the habitat, and perform tasks that would be used on Mars. Overall, its a social experiment to see what to expect from four months of isolation.

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