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Crew Ends 100 Day Mars Simulation in Arctic

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wtb-beer-burger-and-companionship dept.

Paul server guy writes "According to Wired Science the seven person F-XI LDM crew that has been stationed at the Mars Society's FMARS station has completed their unprecedented 100 day simulation. (Actually 101 days, because for 37 they lived on 'Mars time' adding 39 minutes to each day) According to the mission's remote science principal investigator Chris McKay, of NASA Ames. 'Their pioneering simulation of crew operations on Mars time is by far the best work on this topic ever done. It sets the standard for future Mars mission simulations.'"

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  1. OK... by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    So when do we send people to Mars?

    And do we send politicians first?

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    1. Re:OK... by psychicsword · · Score: 3, Funny

      And do we send politicians first? Only if they don't have a spacesuit on.
    2. Re:OK... by RealGrouchy · · Score: 2, Funny

      So when do we send people to Mars?

      And do we send politicians first? Only of they know how to sanitize telephones.

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    3. Re:OK... by tazbert · · Score: 5, Funny

      The politicians will be on the second ship, along with the telephone sanitizers, hairdressers, advertising account executives, and other 'essential' personel.

    4. Re:OK... by Rasputin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Homer: All that counts is that we're alive and rubbing elbows with the greats. [gasps] Ooh, there's Ross Perot, Dr. Laura, Spike Lee.

      Bart: Wait a minute, they're not so great.

      Homer: Okay but there's Dan Quayle, Courtney Love, [increasing panic], Tonya Harding, Al Sharpton, Ah! Tom Arnold! What the hell's going on?

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    5. Re:OK... by GweeDo · · Score: 2, Funny

      hairdressers?

      I hate to see what your hair/personal hygiene is like? Are you Alan Cox?
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox

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    6. Re:OK... by Propaganda13 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Forget the destruct button, we booked them on Carmack's Armadillo.

  2. Well then by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get your ass to mars.

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  3. Finally they can get back to mom's basement by netsavior · · Score: 4, Funny

    It must have been hard living in a pre-fab environment never seeing the sun and wearing the same clothes for days. Now they can go back to their mom's basement where the conditions will be at least slightly different from a mars mission.

  4. Re:Oblg Reply by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny
    The Spice Must Flow.

    Here, fixed it for you.

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  5. Re:More theory than reality by gardyloo · · Score: 2, Funny

    The main problem - effects of long human exposure to microgravity are still barley known. On the other hand, the effects of barley (along with hops) on me are well known, and I like 'em.
  6. 1903 version of Slashdot... by TED+Vinson · · Score: 5, Funny
    Bunch of Slashdotters scoffing at the Wright Brothers' so-called 'manned flight' experiments.

    "Their [sic] waisting [sic] there [sic] time!"

    "Amusing, but you'll never be able to get across the Atlantic using wings. Airships are the future!"

    "We should be putting this effort into improving the proven technology of steam locomotives."

    "Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those!"

    "I for one welcome welcome our new internal combustion powered, heavier than air overlords!"

  7. obligatory... by whopub · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fact that it says "for future Mars mission simulations" instead of just "for Mars missions" shows how far away we really are. True. Especially if you consider they simulated the moon landings so thoroughly and then ended up not going there...

    *ducks for cover*
  8. Re:Its not a simulation by veganboyjosh · · Score: 2, Funny

    From "To catch a predator: Mars edition", to air sometime in the next 15 years:

    Chris Hansen:Who are you here to see?
    Astronaut:Um...Stephanie?
    Chris Hansen:And how old is Stephanie?
    Astronaut:She told me she was 18.
    Chris Hansen:I've got the chat transcripts; wanna try again?
    Astronaut:Oh, you do. She said she was 12.
    Chris Hansen:And how far did you come to meet "Stephanie" this evening?
    Astronaut:Somewhere between 36 million and 250 million miles.
    Chris Hansen:...

  9. Why on Earth... by eno2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...would they choose to simulate Mars in someone's attic. Most simulations of this kind are much better performed in the basement of one's parent's house.

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  10. Re:Averting disaster by lysdexia · · Score: 2, Funny

    She can stay in my habitat.