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Russian Mock Mars Mission
sdriver writes "CNN reports that Russia is attempting a 500-day mock Mars mission. The article goes on to say, "six volunteers will depend on a preset limit of supplies, including about 5 tons of food and oxygen and 3 tons of water." Also, "Experiment participation is not solely reserved for Russian volunteers, institute officials added."
Mars comes to cosmonauts!
(Sorry, I had to.)
Well, if the US mocked the moon landing, I suppose it's time for the russians for their share of airtime!!!
Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
six volunteers will depend on a preset limit of supplies, including about 5 tons of food and oxygen and 3 tons of water
But how is that any different from regular russia?
This is the true story of six volunteers, picked to live inside a capsule and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start being real. The Real Mars.
oops I mean, no I didn't see that, nobody saw that movie
better to find out now the likelihood of cosmonauts going nuts and killing each other when crammed in a tin for 500 days, than in the black depths of space.
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I read this as "Russian mocks Mars mission" and pictured Alexander Putin dancing around a table making fun a NASA scientist.
"Oh yes, we land on Mars, yes, aren't we clever? I'm so clever with my MIT degree, I'm a clever little scientist. Those Americans think they're so smart with their advanced rocketry. It makes me so mad. Get me a vodka, Yuri."
That happened maybe five years ago. Don't know what the duration was, though. I'm pretty sure it was only a few months.
/.'ers every day life: no women, stuck in a tiny room in front of a computer screen, food in granola bar form (Oblig. Simpsons: "if you put food in bar form, you unleash it's awesome power"), no social contact, etc.
They could probably fund this by doing a reality TV show, heh. And if you RTFA, they say that no women will be allowed to volunteer - so it'll probably be just like a
make it 3 tons of Vodka and I'll go.
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In related news, an all female crew with the sole addition of one male counter part resulted in the highest rated moral ever encountered by the Armed Forces. I, for one, welcome our all female crew ovarylords.
So while we're all reading dupes, he'll still be just getting the originals.
I'd rather be lucky than good.
Just wait until the womens' cycles synch up, they all have PMS at once, and the poor guy has nowhere to run...
I remember doing that too, way back in the mid 80s, but my experience was a little more intense.
We actually got to go into the real shuttle to sit in the cockpit during an engine test. During the test, there was some "computer error" or something (I'm a little fuzzy on the details), which made it appear there was a malfunction, and the people at mission control had to actually launch us into space.
I don't remember much about it, since I was a little kid and I've had a lot to drink since 1986, but there was something about a gay robot and having to tell this annoying kid to "use the force" in order to save everyone's life.
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