Crew Ends 100 Day Mars Simulation in Arctic

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, 2007 @05:35AM 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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Re:Its not a simulation by Viol8 · 2007-08-22 05:50 · Score: 1, Offtopic

"Think of it more as a psychology experiment than a real space experiment. Maybe you won't be so testy then."

The Big Brother TV franchise has been throwing people together in a confined space for years but they didn't dress it up as any kind of space related simulation.