Scientists will spend 365 days in isolation, simulating a flight to Mars – a REGNUM

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Washington, August 17, 2015, 13:33 – REGNUM An international team of scientists in the United States selected to participate in the new experiment simulation flight to Mars. According to PCH, six volunteers under the age of 30 years (three men and three women) within 365 days will live in complete isolation from the outside world on the slopes of a dormant volcano Mauna Loa in Hawaii. This place was not chosen by chance, because the landscape is vaguely reminiscent of the Red Planet. The head of the expert appointed by the experiment on soils from the United States – Carmel Johnson.

The participants of the experiment will study the medical and psychological problems that people may encounter during a real flight to Mars. Thus for scientists will be monitored by cameras and various sensors.

It should be noted that over the past 3 years it is the fourth group. The first two have lived there for four months, and the third was able to hold twice as long. A new stage in the long 12 months to start on 28 августа 2015 г.

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