NASA begins the experience of life on Mars for a year

The POT start the life experience in Tuesday for a year in the framework of the first of three simulations that were called “Crew Health and Performance Scan Analog”survey project whose long-term goal is the launch of the first human crew to fines of the 2030s.

In this sense, for the tests to be as empirical as possible, resource limitations, equipment failures, stressful environmental factors and delays in communications due to distance from Earth will be analysed.

The US government agency selected a four volunteers who will live together during 378 days in a habitat specially designed for its subsistence on the surface of the red planet. When will the lockdown start?.

NASA has a habitat ready to simulate a year on Mars

The selected participants who will reach Tuesday he sunday june 25 son: Kelly Haston (commander and research scientist with expertise in construction and human disease) ; Ross Brockwell (flight engineer, specializing in structural engineering and public works administrator); Nathan Jones (Emergency Physician) and Alyssa Shannon (Science Officer and Advanced Practice Nurse).

“The simulation will allow us to collect physical and cognitive performance data to give us more information about the potential impacts of long-duration missions to Tuesday in the health and performance of the crew”, specified the main scientist of Advanced Food Technology of the POTGrace Douglas.

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Known in English as Alpha Mars Dunethe habitat prepared by the POT has the curious peculiarity of being a structure printed in 3D modeling with lavacrete, a high-strength concrete that can be printed at high speed without losing its shape.

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“It is one of the technologies that POT is studying to potentially build habitats on the surface of other planets or on the updated Moon”, Grace Douglas.

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The space is 158 square meters in size with around nine rooms, including private bedrooms, a bathroom, gym, and shared toilets. Also, it is made up of a common area for members to carry out social activities. In addition, the space dwelling is composed of a small courtyard that mimics the Martian surface for futures’walks on mars‘.

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