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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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Post by dylan604 »

Valgrim wrote: post #28
hereforphone wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can only guess because I haven't read much into it. I think that they're trying to simulate the feeling of isolation one might experience on Mars. From an article it also seems like they will severely limit your contact with friends / family as well, presumably for the same purpose.

I could see them simulate a severely constrained internet access, with limited bandwidth and minutes-long ping.

Yeah, I think total cut off is weird. Maybe allow for it most of the time, but do "tests" where the signal is lost due to high winds damaging an antenna. Then the people have to don space suits to put it back together, etc. Otherwise, a compress collection of text only messages wouldn't be that big of a deal to send back and forth would it? Maybe a couple of images each day? Hell, we receive images from Mars daily now.

Sometimes, these "tests" are unnecessarily obtuse. I understand, test the most extreme, but sometimes that unlikely extreme is enough to cause people to not care.

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

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Post by gugtude »

FatalLogic wrote: post #17
yreg wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't be so sure that the next 12 months will be too much different.

One difference is that many potential participants in this experiment will have been living a somewhat restricted life for the past 15 months and will be less willing than usual to continue that experience

Assuming we don’t continue to have global pandemics in the near future

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

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Post by X6S1x6Okd1st »

dylan604 wrote: post #22
hereforphone wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what was described about this simulation

I get that, I'm just saying why does it need to not have windows?

Mars doesn't have an ionosphere. Windows run in direct opposition to radiation shielding.

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

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Post by gruez »

Valgrim wrote: post #28
hereforphone wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can only guess because I haven't read much into it. I think that they're trying to simulate the feeling of isolation one might experience on Mars. From an article it also seems like they will severely limit your contact with friends / family as well, presumably for the same purpose.

I could see them simulate a severely constrained internet access, with limited bandwidth and minutes-long ping.

so... perfect for HN? sign me up!

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

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Post by rbanffy »

exo-pla-net wrote: post #30

Better source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-is-recruiting-for-yearlong... To qualify, you must be: * A U.S. citizen or permanent resident. * A non-smoker, age 30 to 55 years old, and proficient in English. * A viable candidate as an actual astronaut. For this, you usually need a master's degree in a STEM field, or you need to be a pilot or doctor or military officer.

> A U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

I guess I’ll have to wait for the ESA version…

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

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Post by rbanffy »

gugtude wrote: post #33
FatalLogic wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One difference is that many potential participants in this experiment will have been living a somewhat restricted life for the past 15 months and will be less willing than usual to continue that experience

Assuming we don’t continue to have global pandemics in the near future

Delta variant says we will…

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

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Post by rbanffy »

napier wrote: post #2

NASA missed an opportunity not conducting the study over the last 15 months. They could have recruited hundreds of millions of study participants with no additional costs or fundamental behavior alterations required.

A lot of gamers would be perfectly happy with this setting.
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