Simulated Mars mission 'lands' back on Earth

kraznyi_oktjabr · 11-04-11, 05:14 PM

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Six men locked away in steel tubes for a year-and-a-half to simulate a mission to Mars have emerged from isolation.

The Mars500 project, undertaken at a Moscow institute, was intended to find out how the human mind and body would cope on a long-duration spaceflight.

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Torplexed · 11-04-11, 07:36 PM

Now, throw in a year-and-a-half of weightlessness and the danger of something going seriously wrong with the simulated spacecraft and you're got a real test.

TLAM Strike · 11-04-11, 08:59 PM

Didn't they already do this up on Mir?

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Didn't they already do this up on Mir? __________________