[FPSPACE] Fw: [esa_general] Volunteers wanted for simulated520-dayMars mission

[LARRY KLAES]

Not a bad idea, but simulating the low gravity of Phobos while stuck on this planet would be an issue. 

Larry

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jens Kieffer-Olsen <dstdba at post4.tele.dk>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:18 
To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Fw: [esa_general] Volunteers wanted for simulated
	520-dayMars mission

> -----Original Message-----
 > From: LARRY KLAES [mailto:ljk4 at msn.com <mailto:ljk4 at msn.com> ] 
 > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:34 PM
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: ESA <contactesa at esa.int>
 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:54:52 
 > 
 > Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate 
 > a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the 
 > martian surface. In reality, they will live and work in a 
 > sealed facility in Moscow, Russia, to investigate the 
 > psychological and medical aspects of a long-duration space 
 > mission. ESA is looking for European volunteers to take part.
 
  Hey, why aren't a couple of volunteers simulating a stay on
  Phobos?  They would be in immediate radio contact with the
  down-to-Mars people during their 30-day stay, and rendezvous
  with them on the way back. 
 
  I gather that such a brief separation could be psychologically 
  quite beneficial during a real 520-day mission!
 
 --
 Jens Kieffer-Olsen
 Slagelse, Denmark
 
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