{"id":147274,"date":"2015-08-29T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=147274"},"modified":"2015-08-29T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T10:23:13","slug":"nasa-starts-year-long-isolation-to-simulate-life-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=147274","title":{"rendered":"Nasa starts year-long isolation to simulate life on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of Nasa recruits has begun living in a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii to simulate what life would be like on Mars.<\/p>\n

The isolation experience, which will last a year starting on Friday, will be the longest of its type attempted.<\/p>\n

Experts estimate that a human mission to the Red Planet could take between one and three years.<\/p>\n

The six-strong team will live in close quarters under the dome, without fresh air, fresh food or privacy.<\/p>\n

They closed themselves away at 15:00 local time on Friday (01:00 GMT Saturday).<\/p>\n

A journey outside the dome – which measures only 36ft (11m) in diameter and is 20ft (6m) tall – will require a spacesuit.<\/p>\n

A French astrobiologist, a German physicist and four Americans – a pilot, an architect, a journalist and a soil scientist – make up the Nasa team.<\/p>\n

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The isolation experiments address the human element of exploration<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The team members will have almost no privacy during the mission<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Support staff member Brian Shiro (left) is pictured with team members Sophie Milam, Joceyln Dunn, Zak Wilson, Allen Mirkadyrov, Martha Lenio and Neil Scheibelhut<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The men and women will each have a small sleeping cot and a desk inside their rooms. Provisions include powdered cheese and canned tuna.<\/p>\n

Missions to the International Space Station last six months. The US space agency has recently conducted four-month and eight-month-long isolation experiments.<\/p>\n

While others focus on the technical and scientific challenges of the journey, the isolation experiments address the human element of exploration and problems that arise living in tight quarters.<\/p>\n

“I think one of the lessons is that you really can’t prevent interpersonal conflicts. It is going to happen over these long-duration missions, even with the very best people,” said Kim Binsted, a Nasa investigator.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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