Lila Ingrum - Mars simulation crew 'return to Earth'

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/28/health/mars-simulation-hawaii/index.html

One year ago 6 scientists were put in a geodesic dome one Volcano Mauna Loa. This experiment was conducted by the University of Hawaii, funded by NASA, in order to see how people react to such extended period of time in isolation. The point of this expirament  is to prepare for a possible trip to Mars, since it would be 6 months before to missions even start. It was meant to see how people will actually work together in such a claustrophobic space and after 365 days the scientists have finally emerged.

This article, "Mars simulation crew 'return to Earth' after 365 days in isolation", was written by James Griffiths on August 29, 2016. Prior to reading this article I knew that there is a possibility of future voyages to Mars, but I didn't realize how near the may be. I also didn't realize how much testing is being done in order to find out more about possible trips to Mars. the intended audience is probably those interested in science/space travel and I think it had a positive influence on the reader, giving interesting information and excitement for possible future trips to Mars. This article was written to update people on our progress in going to Mars and convey that scientists are putting so much time, effort, and money in order to achieve this. It shows that traveling to Mars may not be too far in the future and people are working hard in order to make that happen. This article can relate to when people wanted to go to America. It was an unknown place that would take a long time and a lot of hard work to get there. In coming to America people wanted to figure out what was out there.