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In the United States launched an experiment to simulate a flight to Mars of 365 days
Very early in the morning (01:00 GMT) on Saturday NASA start a new experiment on the long-term isolation Team "astronauts", which should be the longest of already conducted similar experiments. In this case, the emphasis is not on the technical component of the project, and the study of the human aspects of it long solitude in the harsh conditions of nature and limited resources. The venue of the experiment will be one of the extinct volcanoes in Hawaii - Mauna Loa -, privacy and scenery that is the best match "Martian conditions."
Team participants in the experiment. Far left - a staff member of the auxiliary staff who directly participate in the project does not take. I> sup>
Team participants in the experiment consists of six people. This four Americans: pilot, architect, journalist, soil scientist. Company they constitute a German physicist and astrobiologist French. They will live in a specially designed dome-shaped building, with a diameter of 11 meters and height - 6 meters. Leaving his team can only full-size suits, and for a limited time. As the personal space allotted to participants of a small room with a small bed for sleeping and a table to work. Use of the Internet is limited (30-year-old German Christiane Heinicke (Christiane Heinicke), a graduate of the Technical University of Ilmenau, will lead blog a >), to communicate with NASA and relatives will be with the help of video messages. Inventories consist of canned food and freeze-dried products. A typical menu would look like this: canned tuna and cheese powder.
How does the interior of the "Martian" home. i> sup>
NASA conducts experiments on the long-term isolation of people on a regular basis. The last such imitation of 8-month-old , which was held in the same place and using the same equipment, over 13 June this year. In Russia even longer experiments: in 2011 ended the project "Mars 500", in which Six members have lived in the test module 520 days.
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