NASA Engineers Building Mockup of Deep Space Station

MarkWhittington writes "NASA engineers at the Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are building a mockup of what appears to be a deep space habitat, though it could also be part of an interplanetary spacecraft. The purpose is to do human factors studies to find out how to sustain astronauts on lengthy deep space missions."

Comments

Re:The key is preparation

[HornWumpus]

There are many /.ers who could do the trip to Mars standing on their heads. After decades in their mom's basement with no human contact except mom and the pizza delivery guy, 2 years in a capsule will be a breeze. Just so long as mom can come along.

Re:"Deep Space 9" mission?

[tverbeek]

The unveiling of this "mock-up" is obviously NASA trying to cover their tracks after their secret plan to fake a deep space mission was discovered.

Do you play D&D? Yes, why? You're in!

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> proper social skills to deal with a small group of people just like themselves

"Do you play D&D?"
"Yes, why?"
"You're in!"

Re:Deep Space 9

[GodfatherofSoul]

They're dilithium fusion struts. They're used to reverse the polarity of the tachyon inducer field. Seemed pretty obvious to me.