Now you can live in the movie "The Tank"

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NASA Wants You To Spend A Year Simulating Life On Mars, For Science

Would you like to spend a year pretending to live on Mars in a 1,700-square-foot space shared with three other people, in the interest of helping a future space mission? Good news: NASA is hiring.

www.npr.org

Somebody over at NASA has never seen this movie or has seen it way too many times.

 

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A year with 3 other people? Bet within week 6, someone would know exactly how to prepare long pig on the grill and stovetop. Crockpot is too easy.

 

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Been done before and there are probably still some ongoing

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6 Mock Mars Explorers Emerge from 520-Day Virtual Mission​

The elaborate Mars500 project, carried out by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems, was the longest spaceflight simulation ever conducted, and reportedly cost $15 million. The experiment aimed to simulate a manned mission to Mars from beginning to end.

https://www.space.com/13500-mock-mars-mission-mars-500-ends.html
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Mars500/Mars500_study_overview

 

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1700 sq ft is a bit larger than a battle tank. 3 of my first apartment (which I shared with my wife and a Labrador) would fit inside with room to spare.

 

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That's got more sq. Footage than my house, even with basement! Mac