Life on Mars? Four volunteers spend a YEAR living on the “Red Planet” in Houston

Although Mars and Earth are related in some ways, life on the Red Planet can be removed from simple.

Dust devils, harmful radiation, and harsh temperatures are among the many challenges, and it rules out all lack of oxygen.

But now 4 volunteers will fight for this item by entering a Texas-based Mars simulation, where they will spend the next year.

NASA launched its CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) project yesterday, taking a serious step toward Mars.

The crew of four will now spend 378 days in a 1,700-square-foot residence dubbed “Mars Dune Alpha,” complete with 4 rooms, a gym, and even leather sofas, albeit without windows.

Here, a group of volunteers will carry out a spread of “mission activities” that resemble robotic operations, growing crops and maintaining hygiene for “alien” obstacles.

“They are about to embark on a similar mission that includes operational logistics and research on living and working on Mars. The importance of this research cannot be understated,” said Judy Hayes, CHAPEA’s Chief Science Officer.

“The journey will take place over the next year, and with this interstellar crew, NASA scientists will gain critical insight into the physical and behavioral aspects of a Mars mission.”

Microbiologist Anka Selariu, Analytical Scientist Kelly Haston, Engineer Ross Brockwell and Doctor Nathan Jones are among the many 4-person crews in the CHAPEA habitat.

Their new residence has 4 small rooms, two swamps and a lot of pink sand, as the company in the US area has tried to duplicate the situations on Mars.

While you wouldn’t think life on Mars would be luxurious, their abode can be full of living space, televisions, and several other workstations.

It even has an airlock that creates a reconstruction of the Martian atmosphere on the outside, though it’s still in a hangar that provides power.

A myriad of gadgets are scattered around the sandy back, as well as a climate station, a stone machine and a small greenhouse.

The house can be equipped with a treadmill, on which volunteer astronauts will walk, suspended from their belts, to simulate the lower gravity of Mars.

As the mission continues, NASA plans to monitor the crew’s physical and psychological well-being to increase understanding of people’s potential to survive such long periods of isolation.

Researchers are re-examining the crew’s response to traumatic conditions, such as limited water availability or malfunctioning instruments.

NASA’s chief enterprise researcher, Grace Douglas, said the information will allow the company to increase awareness of astronauts’ “resource use” on Mars.

“We can really start to understand how we’re supporting them with what we’re giving them, and that’s going to be really important information in making these critical resource decisions,” she said throughout the previous press tour of the habitat.

Nathan Jones, one of the many crew members, added on Sunday: “Humanity is yearning to reach a higher level than ever before. Metaphorically and physically, we are trying to climb the highest mountains.

“So we’ve set our sights on a distant tomorrow when we might be in mountains like Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in our solar system—as far as I know.” It is a mountain on Mars.

“But I believe that tomorrow is only possible because today we enter Mars Dune Alpha.”

Another exciting feature of the habitat that the crew has been working on since 2019 is 3D printing.

This comes at a time when NASA is exploring available methods to be self-reliant and build habitats on various planetary surfaces.

Although NASA is currently in the early stages of preparing for a Mars mission, its main focus is on the upcoming Artemis missions.

That intention is to return humans to the moon for the first time in half a century, and it may begin in 2024, when Artemis II will fly around our moon satellite TV for PC.

The first girl and the first person of color will walk the lunar floor for Artemis III a year later.