Mars isolation experiment begins

jefboyardee · Aug 29, 2015

Six people shut themselves inside a dome for a year in Hawaii, in the longest US isolation experiment aimed at helping NASA prepare for a pioneering journey to Mars.

...wonder if they'll even have Mars Bars.

dynomot · Aug 29, 2015

jefboyardee said:
Six people shut themselves inside a dome for a year in Hawaii, in the longest US isolation experiment aimed at helping NASA prepare for a pioneering journey to Mars.

...wonder if they'll even have Mars Bars.

I wonder if they'll end up as nutty as a Snickers?

Seriously, I hope they emerge happy and healthy for their own sake and to prove that such isolation is possible. With a round trip to Mars taking 5 years (two there, two back and a year on Mars), a successful result is a must.

jefboyardee · Aug 30, 2015

dynomot said:
I hope they emerge happy and healthy for their own sake and to prove that such isolation is possible.

The closest comparative we've seen is model prisoners, of which there must be some. But even that's not much of a comparison to spending five years in outer space.

jefboyardee · Aug 30, 2015

...wonder if they'll even have Mars Bars.

Each crew member will get a little sleeping cot and desk, and dine on delicacies such as powdered cheese and canned tuna.

scary alien · Aug 30, 2015

Sorry, but I gotta post this

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EarlyMon · Aug 30, 2015

Official site -

http://hi-seas.org/?cat=90

The participants (crew) -

http://hi-seas.org/?p=3689

bcrichster · Aug 30, 2015

scary alien said:
Sorry, but I gotta post this :

Bahahahah! PERFECT. "BioDome".. Forgotten all about that one, too funny. They should televise that again (worldwide) in honor of the project

jefboyardee · Aug 30, 2015

By December, Crew Architect Tistan Bassingthwaighte will be banging Crew Commander Carmel Johnston in front of God and everybody. But somehow, by March, Health Science Officer and Habitat Journalist Sheyna Gifford will be the one that winds up pregnant... and the project planners never thought to bring diapers and stuff!

quest7 · Aug 30, 2015

jefboyardee said:
Each crew member will get a little sleeping cot and desk, and dine on delicacies such as powdered cheese and canned tuna.

Like working at Foxcomm... :rolleyes:

? Sorry, had a weak moment.

Gmash · Aug 31, 2015

Four guys, three ladies...better hurry and pair up so you're not the one to get left out.

Seriously, though, strict rules against fraternization are the only way I can see this working out.

dan330 · Sep 1, 2015

This is very interesting... I will want to keep up with this.

BUT....why in Hawaii???
they are trapped in .. and outside is paradise???

is this part of the torture? to know paradise is outside.. just past that door?
go ahead.. open it!!!

OK... fine.. it is NOT just right outside... they are on a deserted dry dead area of an island.
but still in Hawaii

jefboyardee · Sep 1, 2015

dan330 said:
BUT....why in Hawaii???

It's closer to Mars, or at least its inhabitants are.

dan330 · Sep 2, 2015

that would be New Orleans...

bjacks12 · Sep 2, 2015

Will they be watching the Martian when it comes out?

dan330 · Sep 2, 2015

they have limited internet access...

jefboyardee · Sep 2, 2015

That's an interesting point. If they have internet access, they'll be fighting each other for access time, or if they all have access, they'll never even have a conversation. And either way, they'll wind up hanging out in places like this very thread. If they don't have internet access at all, which is more likely in my opinion, they'll have no idea what's going on on the planet they 'came' from.

dan330 · Sep 3, 2015

my guess.. they will slow the internet .. to very slow speeds.
simulate how it would be during the trip.. dialup analog speeds.
and add in the time it takes the data to travel back and fourth...

350X · Sep 4, 2015

Bigger problem would be the internet filter they will install that will keep them thinking all is well and happy, or even faking the info they get to see how to react. does the trip go easier when the world behind goes on fine without you, or does the world falling apart without you, make the trips success up your game to succeed more???? you know they will be playing mind trick on them either way.

dan330 · Sep 4, 2015

that is a very dark experiment .... interesting

bjacks12 · Sep 5, 2015

350X said:
Bigger problem would be the internet filter they will install that will keep them thinking all is well and happy, or even faking the info they get to see how to react. does the trip go easier when the world behind goes on fine without you, or does the world falling apart without you, make the trips success up your game to succeed more???? you know they will be playing mind trick on them either way.

I see I am not the only one who has read the Martian

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