Mars mission very much on the cards - six scientists are getting ready in Hawaii

Mars mission is very much on the cards and a team of six scientists are getting ready in Hawaii to acclamatise themselves with the rigors of undertaking a journey to the Red Planet situated nearly 56 million kilometers from planet Earth.
These scientists have entered a dome that is perched on top of a remote volcano in Hawaii. The University of Hawaii has indicated that they will spend the next eight months in isolation to simulate life for astronauts traveling to Mars.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 21 January 2017.

The study has been designed to help NASA understand human behavior and performance during long space missions in anticipation of a manned mission to the red planet. The crew will perform geological fieldwork and basic daily tasks in the 1,200-sq.ft. dome that is located in an abandoned quarry 8,200 feet above sea level on the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.
There is very little vegetation in the area and the scientists will have no contact with the outside world and communications with a mission control team will be time-delayed to match the 20-minute travel time of radio waves passing between the Earth and the Mars.
Their daily routine would include food preparation from only shelf-stable ingredients, exercise, research and fieldwork aligned with NASA’s planetary exploration expectations.
The mission is funded by NASA and is known as the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (Hi-SEAS). It is the fifth of its kind intended to create guidelines for journeys to Mars.


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