NASA has launched a tough experiment to simulate life on Mars
The Lyndon Johnson Space Center of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration has launched an experiment to simulate the presence of people in the conditions of Mars.
The conditions of the experiment, lasting 378 days, are very tough. So, throughout the study, its participants are forbidden to leave the simulator with an area of only 170 sq. m. Their duties include constant training, growing food, modernization and repair of equipment, as well as conducting various experiments. The experiment also involves simulating an exit to the surface of the planet.
Contact with relatives during the experiment is also limited.
According to Ross Brockwell, one of the participants in the experiment, the main goal of such a project is to determine the ability of people to cope with the difficulties of life on the Red Planet. In addition to him, the team also included research scientist Kelly Huston, emergency physician Nathan Jones and US Navy microbiologist Anka Selariu.
Another tough condition of the experiment was the establishment of a payment that is three times lower than the average wage in the United States in 2023 — $ 10 per hour. As a result, each participant of the experiment will receive only 60 thousand dollars.
This is done to motivate participants to "survive on Mars".
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