Simulated Mars mission ends its year-long experiment, of humans living on Mars.
After 365 days, the longest mission in project history, HI-SEAS showed that humans could live in conditions that exist on red planet.
Above, the six HI-SEAS crew members exited from their Mars simulation habitat on slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island on August 28, 2016. Credit University of Hawaii News, Flickr
Professor Kim Binsted, HI-SEAS’ principal investigator, said:
HI-SEAS is an example of international collaborative research hosted and run by the University of Hawaiʻi. Its really exciting to be able to welcome the crew back to Earth and back to Hawaiʻi after a year on Mars.”
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Very well so far…..
But what’s really new? Think of the sailors in the old days, from the 15th to the 18th century? They traveled the vast oceans of that era on small vessels for at least half a year and often longer to many new and unknown destinies, isolated and alone, with no other communication than with the starry sky to rely on for their course.