RocketSTEM Issue #8 - July 2014 | Page 89

Indiana. And the Chief Scientist is Each crewmember has been water sparingly. Showers for each crewmember are limited to eight control immediately when problems arise. The distance between Mars the ability to do this. Machines can’t missions. Caraccio is diligently recording all will help engineers at NASA better There have been other to demonstrate concepts in harsh food, garbage, and materials waste selected from more candidates, all of whom had to meet the how seeds will react after having been in space for long periods. The Ross Lockwood splices a cable during an EVA outside the HI-SEAS habitat. While this is a fairly simple operation for an earlier this year. Things people take granted on essential for scientists and engineers Some pessimistic critics believe that testing the methods and technologies environment. International Space Station or those and ration food, water, electricity, SEAS and similar Mars analogs prove away from friends and family will one inventoried and divided, every watt of electricity generated by the solar www.RocketSTEM .org 87 87