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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. Re:What they fail to mention in the summary by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like a fair lot 'til you realize that this is for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that your hourly wage is about 5 bucks. Whether you're awake or sleeping, granted, but then again, I do value my privacy somewhat.

    But hey, here's an idea. How about stuffing all those "if you got nothing to hide..." people in there? I'm pretty sure it might make them reevaluate that stance.

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  2. Re:Too bad.. by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    wouldn't it suck if we worked all that out but still had to wait another 17 months while we figured out the psychological effects?

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  3. Re:Will they be allowed to have sex? by cmeans · · Score: 4, Insightful
    They might not object to sex, but they might object to babies... 17 months is plenty of time to increase the crew complement.

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