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Volunteer to Simulate a Mars Mission for the ESA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the 17-months-seems-fair-to-me dept.

number6x writes "The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for volunteers for a simulated trip to Mars. The simulation will put a crew of six in isolation for 17 months. The crew will be made up of 4 Russians and 2 Europeans. In all the ESA will need 12 volunteers for back up purposes. Seventeen months was chosen to simulate the time needed for the journey to Mars and back, as well as a 30 day period spent doing experiments on the red planet."

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  1. The answer is WOW by Dareth · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Provide a solid net connection, and a free account or two...

    Volunteers should come flocking in.

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    I only look human.
    My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
  2. Guantanamo by nanosquid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why don't they just evaluate the "volunteers" in Guantanamo? They have been stuck in tiny rooms for much longer than 17 months, sometimes completely isolated.