520 Days in Isolation for Mars Crew
Moscow will be doing a $15 million experiment to know the answer whether people can stay healthy while being on Mars for 6 months.
There were 6 volunteers that will take part in this experiment and they will be in a 3-day quarantine and to determine any strain psychologically on a real Marx mission.
“It’s really, really great to see you all again, rather heartwarming,” said Diego Urbina, an Italian-Colombian participant, who was shaky and red-eyed.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pale-faced but smiling, the crew of a long-duration isolation study emerged bleary-eyed to daylight and applause Friday after 520 days locked away in windowless, cramped cells to simulate the length of a journey to Mars.
The $15 million Mars500 experiment aims to answer one of the big unknowns of deep-space travel: can people stay healthy and sane during six months rocketing to the Red Planet?
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