H
ow will future astronauts live on Mars? This is the question
asked by NASA and many of the organizations working
The challenges of landing and
psychological health. The University
recreate on Earth. In order to do this,
NASA and other space organizations
emotional states. Each of the crew
wears two electronic sensors as
records biometrics. The second, worn
take place in remote or hostile places
on earth that are similar to those
effectiveness as a team, how they
react to stress, and their behaviors in
a closed environment. The history of
of the crewmembers to each other,
the intensity of their interactions, and
downloaded and transmitted to the
One of the elements of long
Operated by the University of Hawaii
millions of miles from Earth, the crew
located high on the
and methods of preparing food for
entered the habitat in March of 2014.
crew has been participants in a
shield volcano with an
environment similar to the
How will they cope with this? In order
likely inhabit.
dome, inside of which is everything
the sense of isolation, the habitat
Lucie Poulet and Annie Caraccio conduct an EVA.
Credit: Ross Lockwood
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