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SarahD

(1,189 posts) Fri Feb 23, 2024, 03:26 PM Feb 23

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"Ohhhh. Living on Mars would be cool!" Nope. Don't think so.

In anticipation of going to Mars, we're going to run a Mars simulator, where several people will spend a year living like sardines in a tin. The idea is to do psychological profiling to find out which people can deal with it and which cannot. Put me in Column B. I'm not even considering the months of travel time to get to and from Mars, time spent in an even tighter space than the habitat. Yikes!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/opinions/nasa-mars-simulator-volunteers-chiao/index.html

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"Ohhhh. Living on Mars would be cool!" Nope. Don't think so. (Original Post) SarahD Feb 23 OP

Nope. Not enough mass and it's interior has cooled off enough not to be able to hold an atomosphere. marble falls Feb 23 #1

Some have been living on a cramped space station for some time, isn't this enough psychological profiling? SWBTATTReg Feb 23 #2

Yeah, it'd be cool.....like Anarctica "cool"........ lastlib Feb 23 #3

We should let Elon try it out and report back in about 10 years. Jim__ Feb 23 #4

Shush! We're trying to sell the maggots on the idea. Don't ruin it for us. Wonder Why Feb 23 #5

Well, thermally speaking, yes. eppur_se_muova Feb 23 #6

marble falls

(57,102 posts)

1. Nope. Not enough mass and it's interior has cooled off enough not to be able to hold an atomosphere.

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Fri Feb 23, 2024, 03:29 PM

Feb 23

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)

2. Some have been living on a cramped space station for some time, isn't this enough psychological profiling?

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Fri Feb 23, 2024, 03:55 PM

Feb 23

lastlib

(23,244 posts)

3. Yeah, it'd be cool.....like Anarctica "cool"........

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Fri Feb 23, 2024, 04:11 PM

Feb 23

It's brutally cold up there! No, thank you.

Jim__

(14,077 posts)

4. We should let Elon try it out and report back in about 10 years.

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Fri Feb 23, 2024, 05:12 PM

Feb 23

Wonder Why

(3,211 posts)

5. Shush! We're trying to sell the maggots on the idea. Don't ruin it for us.

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Fri Feb 23, 2024, 05:34 PM

Feb 23

eppur_se_muova

(36,266 posts)

6. Well, thermally speaking, yes.

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Fri Feb 23, 2024, 07:28 PM

Feb 23

Remember, Mars has Dry Ice 'snow'.

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