simulated Mars mission – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:12:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 NASA is considering doing a simulated 500 day Mars mission on ISS. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-is-considering-doing-a-simulated-500-day-mars-mission-on-iss/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-is-considering-doing-a-simulated-500-day-mars-mission-on-iss/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:12:59 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=16177 Hallelujah! NASA is considering doing a simulated 500 day Mars mission on ISS.

The Russians want to do this badly, and have been pressing NASA to go along, with no luck, for more than a decade. That it took that long for NASA to finally realize the need tells us much about the American space agency.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-is-considering-doing-a-simulated-500-day-mars-mission-on-iss/feed/ 3 The 520-day simulated mission to Mars has been completed https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-520-day-simulated-mission-to-mars-has-been-completed/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-520-day-simulated-mission-to-mars-has-been-completed/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:14:04 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=12943 The 520-day simulated mission to Mars has been completed.

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This is the right idea, but to really learn something NASA needs to commit to a year-plus long simulated mission.

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