How would astronauts cope with the prolonged isolation associated with a manned mission to Mars? This was one of the many questions Mars500 sought to answer when they embarked on their simulated mission to Mars on June 3 2010, around 17 months ago. Now, on November 4 2011, after 520 days of isolation, the six man crew of Mars500 will open their hatch to the eagerly awaiting public.
These brave men have made history and helped increase our knowledge of the human psyche and our ability to cope with long missions to extraterrestrial bodies.
And so what did they find?
These brave men have made history and helped increase our knowledge of the human psyche and our ability to cope with long missions to extraterrestrial bodies.
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spacecraft's crew is led by 38 year old engineer Alexei Sitev, and also
includes Russian surgeon Sukhrob Kamolov, 32, and Russian general
practitioner Alexander Smolevsky, 33. Non-Russian crew members include
Italian Diego Urbina, 27, China's Wang Yue, 27, and the Roman Charles
from France, 31. More information about the Mars500 crew |
