The researchers studied the process of life on Mars in rather real conditions.
After eight months of isolation in a small dome on a remote island in the Hawaii group of study participants “life on Mars” returns to civilization and is expected to help NASA better approach to the selection and training of future astronauts.
Eight months ago NASA launched a project, which involved six people who participated in the research in the field of psychology for the mission V, which was held at the facility of the University of Hawaii at Mauna Loa.
After several months of stay, today, this team needs to come back. The team successfully completed the mission and thanks to the months of residence at the facility contributed to the understanding of the psychological effects that can have long-term space mission for astronauts. The island on which the simulation was conducted, was relatively remote and isolated. But to really create the kind of insulation that could be similar to the one experienced by astronauts during long flight or on a Mars base, the simulation also included a 20-minute delay of communication with the outside world – about the same as the delay between Mars and earth.
In the centre of the experiment was dome with an area of 111 square meters, in which lived the mission. The crew was two women and four men, all of whom wore the sensors in the mood to help control their condition. This grueling mission played an important role in planning the trip to Mars – the mission that NASA seeks to implement with the participation of people roughly in 2030-ies. It is expected that the expedition will take at least 2-3 years. During this long period of time a small crew will be next to each other every day, with limited access to communication with people on Earth. Understanding how these extreme circumstances can affect the mental health of the astronaut needed to help the space Agency to select a team that is specifically able to cope with this task.
As noted, the first, which wanted the participants after returning from the mission where they ate dry and canned food, steel pineapple, papaya, mango, vegetables and egg casserole. After analyzing eight data NASA can learn that in order to avoid tension and to suppress the negative effect of isolation, just need the best food, the magazine writes. But whatever was the result of study of this extended experiment are reported, such studies are not only important, but vital to ensure the safety and mental well-being of future astronauts.
Recall, the US Space Agency hopes to launch the first test flight to Mars with astronauts on Board Orion no later than April 2023. This subsidiesto of NASA, Charles Bolden during a Washington conference on satellite communications Satellite-2016
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