Before we step foot on the Red Planet, we need to make sure there’s no roommate drama first.
If we’re ever going to send people to visit Mars, we’re going to have to deal with one big problem: We just don’t know what will happen to the human body there. Humans have never set foot on another planet before, and when they do they’ll have to deal with weird circumstances like eating strange food, living in a tiny box, and regularly tromping through miles of dusty desert in a spacesuit.
NASA’s simulated Mars habitat includes a 1,200-square-foot sandbox with red sand to simulate the Martian landscape. The area will be used to conduct simulated spacewalks or “Marswalks” during the analog missions.The mission seeks to learn how being enclosed in this environment affects the crew’s health, both mental and physical, so that we can be ready for the kinds of challenges that astronauts would face on a real mission to Mars.
“We’re really focusing on the resource restrictions that we are expecting at Mars—like spaceflight food systems, isolation and confinement, or the time delayed communications,” MacLeod explained. Each of these factors can affect not only the crew’s mood, but also their ability to perform their jobs, and to deal with the challenges which would arise on a long-term space mission.
While the excitement and wonder of space exploration is a big motivating factor for astronauts and scientists alike, the day to day grind of being trapped in a confined space for months can be draining—not to mention the complex and often drama-filled group dynamics any small crew will have to deal with.
It won’t be all roommate drama. The crew will also be trained on the simulated tasks they’ll be doing while in the habitat. These tasks are similar to the scientific research jobs that a Mars crew would be doing, like collecting samples, doing maintenance work, and exploring the Martian surface. This work can be physically demanding, and it might be difficult for a crew who have been living off packaged food for months.
The analog crew will also be testing out technology for remotely controlling rovers and drones, similar to the Perseverance rover or Ingenuity helicopter which are currently on Mars. The crew will be able to control these bots from within their habitat, using them to look at the topography of an outside area—which is useful for planning out routes for exploration.
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