No, it's not the next big reality TV show (though it sounds like it could be): six researchers are going to spend a whopping 520 days inside Mars500, a Russian-built, facility-sized simulator that approximates the enormous effort a trip to Mars would entail. The simulator is made up of three main segments, with an area that represents the surface of the planet, space for a Mars lander, and the interior of the "spaceship" that would have taken the team from Earth. [Read more...]
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