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NASA is looking for people who want to spend a year simulating a mission on Mars

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Re: NASA is looking for people who want to spend a year simulating a mission on Mars

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I wonder if this is a continuation of the same research the habitat podcast was based on:

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-habitat

The podcast was an interesting big brother style reality show depicting 6 people living inside a potential Mars habitat for a year as research for NASA. Descriptions sound very similar. May want to listen to the podcast before you volunteer :-)

Re: NASA is looking for people who want to spend a year simulating a mission on Mars

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I wonder if this is a continuation of the same research the habitat podcast was based on: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-habitat The podcast was an interesting big brother style reality show depicting 6 people living inside a potential Mars habitat for a year as research for NASA. Descriptions sound very similar. May want to listen to the podcast before you volunteer :-)

I remember the Biosphere 2 project from the early 90s which was everywhere in the news but didn't work out.

"Biosphere 2 was only used twice for its original intended purposes as a closed-system experiment: once from 1991 to 1993, and the second time from March to September 1994. Both attempts, though heavily publicized, ran into problems including low amounts of food and oxygen, die-offs of many animals and plants included in the experiment (though this was anticipated since the project used a strategy of deliberately 'species-packing' anticipating losses as the biomes developed), group dynamic tensions among the resident crew, outside politics and a power struggle over management and direction of the project."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2

Re: NASA is looking for people who want to spend a year simulating a mission on Mars

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post #3

I wonder if this is a continuation of the same research the habitat podcast was based on: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-habitat The podcast was an interesting big brother style reality show depicting 6 people living inside a potential Mars habitat for a year as research for NASA. Descriptions sound very similar. May want to listen to the podcast before you volunteer :-)

Came here to mention this, it's a fun podcast to binge in a day/night.

Re: NASA is looking for people who want to spend a year simulating a mission on Mars

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I wonder if this is a continuation of the same research the habitat podcast was based on: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-habitat The podcast was an interesting big brother style reality show depicting 6 people living inside a potential Mars habitat for a year as research for NASA. Descriptions sound very similar. May want to listen to the podcast before you volunteer :-)

I remember the Biosphere 2 project from the early 90s which was everywhere in the news but didn't work out. "Biosphere 2 was only used twice for its original intended purposes as a closed-system experiment: once from 1991 to 1993, and the second time from March to September 1994. Both attempts, though heavily publicized, ran into problems including low amounts of food and oxygen, die-offs of many animals and plants i…

Have you watched spaceship earth, the biosphere 2 documentary? I remember learning about it in science class in middle school so it had an aire of legitimacy to it, but that story is nuts, including the fact that it was basically started by a cult with a billionaire best friend and Steve Bannon(yes, that one) being Director of the project for a while.
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