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Hawaii's Mars Simulations Are Canceled (theatlantic.com)
The dome where crew members practiced red-planet missions will now be converted to a simulated moon base. Excerpt from a report: For the last five years, a small Mars colony thrived in Hawaii, many miles away from civilization. The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS, was carried out in a small white dome nestled along the slope of a massive volcano called Mauna Loa. The habitat usually housed six people at a time, for as long as eight months. They prepared freeze-dried meals, took 30-second showers to conserve water, and wore space suits every time they left the dome. To replicate the communication gap between Earth and Mars, they waited 20 minutes for their emails to reach their family members, and another 20 to hear back. Sometimes, as they drifted off to sleep, with nothing but silence in their ears, they really believed they were on Mars.
In February of this year, something went wrong. The latest and sixth mission was just four days in when one of the crew members was carried out on a stretcher and taken to a hospital, an Atlantic investigation revealed in June. There had been a power outage in the habitat, and some troubleshooting ended with one of the residents sustaining an electric shock. The rest of the crew was evacuated, too. There was some discussion of returning -- the injured person was treated and released in the same day -- but another crew member felt the conditions weren't safe enough and decided to withdraw. The Mars simulation couldn't continue with a crew as small as three, and the entire program was put on hold. [...]
In February of this year, something went wrong. The latest and sixth mission was just four days in when one of the crew members was carried out on a stretcher and taken to a hospital, an Atlantic investigation revealed in June. There had been a power outage in the habitat, and some troubleshooting ended with one of the residents sustaining an electric shock. The rest of the crew was evacuated, too. There was some discussion of returning -- the injured person was treated and released in the same day -- but another crew member felt the conditions weren't safe enough and decided to withdraw. The Mars simulation couldn't continue with a crew as small as three, and the entire program was put on hold. [...]
Heard this story when it happened, whatâ(TM)s new now? Ancient story.
If you want something close to a Mars simulation, go to the Arctic.
Hawaii is too warm.
>> they really believed they were on Mars.
So...a loony bin financed some random rich dude? Was there any actual science?
>> they waited 20 minutes for their emails to reach their family members, and another 20 to hear back
If you think that's a long delay, it's a good thing you're not someone who tries to text me - especially about work.
Sam Waterston was one of the astronauts
Hal Holbrook was the bad guy in charge of NASA
If you set up a hab on Mars you surely aren't able to just go home because of an electrical burn, nor malfunctioning equipment. You have to tough it out at the very least until a favorable transfer window, and presumably in most cases for the duration of the mission. Tell them folks to go take their 30-second shower and get back to work. Use the opportunity to learn how to deal with things going to sh*t. I can all but guarantee they will on Mars.
Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once
What happened to only posting about hosts when it's on-topic? This story is about Mars simulations being cancelled. It has nothing to do with DNS or hosts. Go away.
"My buddy got zapped and he's OK THIS time, but this isn't safe so I'm going back to Earth."
"Oh. My Uber app says 40 minutes. Tea anyone?"
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
it is a verifiable fact that you are insane!
How exactly did he force you to reply to his off-topic post? Did he hold a gun to your head or threaten your family if you didn't do so? Or are you just such a mental midget and so emotionally unstable that you're incapable of ignoring such posts? You're in your mid-50s, so I'd like to think you've matured to the point that you don't have to answer every single criticism and provocation of you. Perhaps I'm expecting far too much of you, though.
Mars is dangerous, so let's switch it to Moon instead. I'm sure that will fix faulty electrical connections and poor chain of command...
See subject!
How exactly did he force you to reply to his off-topic post? Did he hold a gun to your head or threaten your family if you didn't do so?
Nobody claimed that. Take your strawman and walk the fuck away.
Or are you just such a mental midget and so emotionally unstable that you're incapable of ignoring such posts?
The irony burns deep with you.
gayPK
This result was much better than the headline, "All perished on Mars due to an electrical short". The fact is we are decades, maybe centuries before we are ready to tackle anything as daring as Mars with humans.
I suspect Mars will be first colonized by cultists/zealots of some kind, similar to how Utah was colonized by Mormons, who didn't get along with their neighbors when they first tried to settle further east. (Both sides point fingers, I won't pick sides here.)
Cultists will fund themselves and accept the risk. "Normal" people would typically not be so motivated.
Table-ized A.I.
You "have to" reply to them?
Then they own and control you. Period.
This is why not to include female astronauts on such a mission.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
1) Bring an electrician.
2) Bring a plumber
3) Bring a doctor
4) Bring some guys in red tops, they're the sacrificial ones.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
How can you say that when we haven't even tried Universal Basic Income yet.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Man who wants to post here with APK hanging over your head?
An MD?! Why does the crew need to have a history of sucking cock to go to Mars?
Since you conveniently ignored this the first time, I'll post it again for you.
How exactly did he force you to reply to his off-topic post? Did he hold a gun to your head or threaten your family if you didn't do so? Or are you just such a mental midget and so emotionally unstable that you're incapable of ignoring such posts? You're in your mid-50s, so I'd like to think you've matured to the point that you don't have to answer every single criticism and provocation of you. Perhaps I'm expecting far too much of you, though.
See subject & here https://science.slashdot.org/c... I only defend myself w/ facts that piss the impersonator off (he tried to say "hosts cure all speculative execution attacks" thinking it'd make me "look bad" in past impersonations like https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... which wasn't I posting that)
SO I THANKED HIM for HELPING ME & that he got ME to look into it & "LO & BEHOLD" hosts DO prevent what uses SPECULATIVE EXECUTION ATTACKS PROBLEMS in Intel/AMD CPU's AGAINST YOU with solid proof vs. PortSmash/MeltDown/Spectre https://science.slashdot.org/c... )
* It's only RIGHT to THANK HIM for HELPING ME (which BURNS HIM UP TO NO END, lol).
APK
P.S.=> See subject: He dragged me into it (on hosts, ordinarily I don't post on hosts off topic - only when they protect you OR speed you up ON TOPIC)
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THUS, I have to defend myself against their bitchboy girly "lies/rumors" tactics - verifiable facts do that - they're the 1 thing that blows trolls away... apk
Clearly a forecast of likely human behavior just a few days into a Mars mission.
1. Clumsy human puts finger someplace it doesn't belong and gets hurt.
2. Human over-reacts and seeks expert medical treatment at a local hospital.
3. Humans start to panic when they realize there are no local hospitals on Mars.
4. Feeling unsafe, a few mission critical personnel panic and demand return to Earth.
5. Stupid humans void written agreements and panic further when they realize return is not possible.
6. Mission is compromised. Everyone dies.
They "lost contact" with the "Mars rover" because they were too cheap to build a new set on which to shoot the new fake "Moon base."
Nothing about that project was even remotely like what it would be on Mars. But I am sure a bunch of people got free Hawaiian vacations out of it.
That just turns your astronauts gay. And if you send them alone, they have an unusual fixation on balls. "WILSON!"
In your IMPERSONATIONS of me (like u do now) saying what you thought "makes me look bad" e.g. https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... (like now)? You did me a favor & got me to look @ these closely:
1st - Hosts stop portsmash (blocking downloads of it) "You basically have to already be able to run your own evil code on a machine in order to PortSmash it." from https://www.theregister.co.uk/...
2nd hosts MAY prevent the OTHER forms of Intel CPU weakness per ACADEMIC RESEARCH I read:
SPECTRE "As an attempted mitigation for our JavaScript-based attack" https://spectreattack.com/spec...
MELTDOWN "We presented Meltdown, a novel software-based attack" https://meltdownattack.com/mel...
So like portsmash?
Academics NEEDED LOCAL CODE (like portsmash hosts can prevent) so hosts ALSO work vs. Spectre/Meltdown!
APK
P.S.=> 3rd strike "yer out" - U FAIL PORTFILTERING TESTS https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... (IF hosts could DO it I'd implement it in my work & I STOP THAT ERROR) ... apk