NASA Mars isolation experiment

Whether it's new discoveries or explorations of the world, if it's science and not about games, talk about it here.

NASA Mars isolation experiment

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Tue Sep 1, '15, 6:25 pm

An experiment to possibly try and find out what it may be like to live on the planet Mars has begun with a group of people being isolated in a type of dome shelter in Hawaii, on a quiet volcano, for almost a year or so. The terrain is supposed to be kind of similar to what is on Mars, or something close to that. The isolated group includes a physicist, an architect, a soil scientist, a journalist, a pilot, and an astrobiologist. It should be interesting to find out how this experiment goes and if they can actually make it through an entire year, or not!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34092770
Good Friday ~ March 29, 2024


Image

:rose: Happy 26th Anniversary Fringes Of Algo~Founded April 01, 1997 :rose:

Image
Image
Image
User avatar
Silver_Surfer1
Moderator
Moderator
 
Posts: 28841
Joined: March 2007
Location: USA
Achievements: 499
Gender: Female

Re: NASA Mars isolation experiment

Postby Icecypher » Tue Sep 1, '15, 9:47 pm

I don't know what would be worse.

I tell myself it would be fine to be so isolated if sent to another planet, while being still on Earth would make me think about all the things that are right outside, and I would miss them more in that case. I'm thinking the fact that you are in a whole new world of discoveries would leave you little interest in missing what was left behind.

But then, there is the fact that, in case of a strong enough emergency, physical/medical, or psychological, I suppose there is a point where the isolation could be broken and the affected person (or the whole team, if the experiment is considered failed then) would be allowed to exit the dome. Being on Mars would mean no easy way of simply walking out the door and taking a plane/helicopter back to civilization. Knowing one is really alone, especially for emergencies, could have a different but very harsh impact on one's mind and body.
ImageImageImageImage
Phantasy Star fan art
deviantART - Blogspot
User avatar
Icecypher
Esper Novice
Esper Novice
 
Posts: 648
Joined: September 2014
Location: Aguascalientes, Mexico
Achievements: 63
Gender: Male


Return to Science Symposium

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests