The group will star experience longer insulation made so far in the US
Miami, United States. | AFP |
Six volunteers of various nationalities They isolate themselves completely for a year in a small dome in Hawaii to collect information that could be valuable for NASA when preparing to send astronauts to Mars.
The group will star in the experience of isolation more long done so far in the United States includes a French astrobiologist, a German physics and four Americans. A pilot, an architect, a medical / journalist and a specialist in soil science
Your living space for the next 12 months , situated on the north coast of the island Mauna Loa, it is a dome 11 meters in diameter and six meters high. The doors were closed on Friday at 15H00 local (0100 GMT Saturday).
Each of these three men and three women will have a small room with a space for a bunk bed and a desk. While staying away from the world will eat freeze-dried food and only leave the dome dressed in a space suit, as if actually lived on Mars. Have limited Internet access.
Sheyna Gifford, one of the members of the group, said to be “six people who want to change the world.”
Extreme
The architect Tristan Bassingthwaighte adds that want to experience how to improve the human capacity “to live in extreme environments on Earth and on other worlds,” according to his LinkedIn profile. “I hope to learn a lot,” he said.
French Verseux Cyprien, 25, meanwhile preparing a doctorate for the University of Rome. His field of specialization will lead to study how to return as independent as possible of the Earth an outpost on Mars, using living organisms to transform raw materials found on the planet in products that can be consumed by humans.
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