Twisted Sifter: We all know that NASA is serious about taking a manned mission to Mars in the relatively near future, so honestly, you might be surprised to learn how much they’re willing to shell out to the people pretending to do just that.
There is a 1700-square-foot simulated Mars habitat at NASA Johnson’s Space Center, and four people have agreed to lock themselves inside for a whole year. The plan is for astronauts and engineers to study what it would be like to live on Mars and figure out ways to keep humans alive in an extreme environment. more
I sure hope their CO2 scrubber also scrubs farts.
Lol. wonder if ‘working from home’ could be done in the pseudo mars lander.
$110 an hour…
I hope someone thinks to bring along enough birth control. A pregnancy would be awkward.
There is absolutely no way in hell would I want to do this.
I live in an 800 square foot apartment and if I am not hunting or camping. I don’t socialize or acknowledge my neighbors and plain ignore them and enjoy my solitude. I would be perfect study participant
Are they accepting suggestions for candidates? I could make certain this will be a twofer, or at least the taxpayers will get some value out of the project.
All democrats should be forced to do it.
Will they accept brain dead nearly 81-year-old Presidents and his VP to be out of our hair for a year and be isolated by themselves along with 2 other ultra libs like hellary and bill or barry and the mooch.
Sounds more like a reality TV show than science.
But them, so does science these days.
Someone should lock NASA into an enclosed space for a year.
N.A.S.A. (Not A Space Agency)
Ummmm, ahhhh, what’s this have to do with Muslim Outreach?
Just like in the space station, a bunch of people have to share one terlet. No thanks. Too many germs.
I don’t even like having to share the litter box with my cats.
I’m thinking finding 4 people sharing 1700 SF that won’t be killing each other before the years out is the real challenge.
You can try to play redactle all you want, but the information that has been supplied is current and helpful. Very captivating!