Mock Mars Explorers Gear Up for Simulated Mission

摘要

Six volunteers will soon lock themselves inside an experimental mock spaceship in Russia for more than a year to see what it is like to be the first astronauts to visit Mars - without actually leaving planet Earth.rnSlated to begin this summer, the 520-day experiment is the first full-duration simulated mission to Mars. Called Mars500, the experiment will mimic a mission to the red planet and back as accurately as possible, including rationed supplies and staged emergency situations. The isolation test consists of a mock interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and martian landscape.