Four volunteer crew members entered a Mars-realistic 3D printed habitat.

  • Lenguador@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I wonder what specifically they’re interested in vs long deployments in Antarctica (people do 12 months rotations in some stations there).

    I found this article discussing the psychology of placements in Australian antarctic stations: https://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/inpsych/2021/february-march-issue-1/life-in-the-australian-antarctic-program.

    The differences as I see them are:

    1. Smaller crew
    2. No unsuited outdoor time
    3. Smaller space
    4. Communication latency / outages
    5. Personal belongings weight/volume limits
    6. Dietary restrictions
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      1 year ago

      those doing a antartic winter may as well have the no suited outdoor time, poor clothing choice will be death almost as quick

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      1 year ago

      Antarctica trips have all of those limits you mentioned, they’ll just be worse for Mars. While they can operate sort of freely for a few months, once winter sets in, they are just as isolated as another planet. They just get the advantage of easier setup then Mars.