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Wednesday, 20 June 2007

Sim Mars

The European Space Agency is calling for volunteers to be sealed inside a "spaceship" for 17 months to simulate a trip to Mars. According to the BBC,
With the exception of weightlessness and radiation, the crew will experience most other aspects of long-haul space travel, such as cramped conditions, a high workload, lack of privacy, and limited supplies.
I'm confused. Are they simulating space travel or working as a code writer at Microsoft?

1 comment:

  1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/space/mars_arctic.html

    Also, there was a Dr. Who episode where people were lead to believe they were in space, but weren't.

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