- NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend eight months locked up in a simulated spacecraft on its way to Mars.
- The participants will be studied throughout their ordeal as scientists determine how long-haul spaceflight affects the human body and mind.
- Volunteers will be paid, though NASA is keeping the exact dollar amount a secret.
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Humans are headed for Mars. We don’t know exactly when that’s going to happen, but NASA and other space agencies around the world are already preparing for that eventuality. It’ll be a long trip, and one of the big question marks is just how well humans will deal with being locked in a cramped spacecraft for months on end.
To that end, NASA wants to hire a handful of suitable humans to spend a whopping eight months cooped up in a tiny mock spacecraft. The experiment will take place in Moscow, Russia, and follows a similar experiment where a team of six spent four months in the same confined quarters.
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