6 scientists are living like they're on Mars for the next 8 months
 

6 scientists are living like they're on Mars for the next 8 months
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A group of researchers have just begun their eight-month-mission on Mars.

Well, kind of.*

On Thursday, six crewmembers entered the geodesic dome that will be their home on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volca** for the next eight months as they live out a simulated mission on the red planet.

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This marks the start of a mission funded by NASA to help the space agency figure out how people might behave during a real long-duration trip to the red planet.*

"During the eight-month HI-SEAS Mission V the crew will perform exploration tasks such as geological fieldwork and life systems management," the University of Hawaii said in a statement.* Read more...

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