“Simulations on Earth will help us understand and counter the physical and mental challenges astronauts will face before they go,” one scientist said.
Picture this: You’re locked in a 1,700-square-foot space with three other people for 12 months, isolated from the outside world, and the only way out is through virtual reality.
“The analog is critical for testing solutions to meet the complex needs of living on the Martian surface,” Grace Douglas, lead scientist for NASA’s Advanced Food Technology research effort at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, said in a press release. “Simulations on Earth will help us understand and counter the physical and mental challenges astronauts will face before they go.”
So how much does pretending to live on Mars pay? The space agency is keeping the compensation under wraps for now, only saying: “Compensation is available, and more information will be provided during the crew candidate screening process.” It might actually be easier to blast off to the edge of space, as long as you have a spare $450,000 lying around. That’s what one ticket aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital flight will cost you. The company announced the ticket price last week, as space tourism kicks into gear. Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic’s founder, and former Amazon AMZN, -0.09% CEO Jeff Bezos both took to the stars in July aboard their own spacecrafts.
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