Want to Live Like a Deep-Space Colonist for a Year? NASA Will Pay You to Do It
The 3D printed bedroom of NASA's CHAPEA mission may be similar or identical to the one used in its Moon and Mars Exploration Analog next year.Credit: NASA
If you've ever fancied spending up to a year away from your loved ones and living in extremely close confines with three other people, now's your chance! NASA is looking for four recruits for a simulated year-long deep-space mission at the Johnson Space Center. Set to begin no later than August 2027, the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission will simulate interplanetary travel and on-surface planetary missions.
Surviving in space is hard, so to make it as safe as possible, simulations and trial runs are a necessity. With that in mind, NASA is looking to run four individuals through a 12-month period of testing deep-space travel and Mars and Moon surface missions in a realistic environment.
The four chosen participants will live for...
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