Audrey Griffin "Mars simulation crew 'return to Earth' after 365 days in isolation"
Mars simulation crew 'return to Earth' after 365 days in isolation
Summary: After
a year of isolation in a Mars simulation located at the top of a
Hawaiian volcano (chosen for its altitude), the six scientists of the
crew finally emerged. During the past 365 days the group had only come out a few times to perform simulations of
Mars surface walks. This project was organized to test out the
likeliness of future colonization of Mars. After the success of this
mission the University of Hawaii is now recruiting new volunteers for
their planned longer-term simulations in the future.
Analysis: The Pilgrims arrived in North America knowing very little about the new land they were about to inhabit. I'm sure they would have loved to have had a test run where potential settlers got to have a taste of what American life would be like so they could work out all the kinks before they got there. Maybe then there wouldn't have been so many disastrous consequences. Mars is truly the "New World" of this age of technological advancement.
It's great that they can test out what it would be like to be on Mars for an extensive amount of time. I really liked how you related it to the New World and how the settlers would've probably liked to be able to do the same thing hundreds of years ago.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting to read. It's very likely that the New World settlers would've loved this experience.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very large step towards the advancement of traveling to Mars and it is very exciting to think about what the near future could hold. I completely agree with your synthesis, also.
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