[lbo-talk] Russia Prepares for Mars Mission with 'Big Brother' Experiment

[joanna]

Seems like heavy meditators would make good candidates.

J.

Chris Doss wrote:


>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,505617,00.html
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>September 14, 2007
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>THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE COSMONAUT
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>Russia Prepares for Mars Mission with 'Big Brother'
>Experiment
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>How would humans react to a long and difficult trip to
>Mars? To research the effects of extended isolation,
>and prepare for a possible mission, Russian scientists
>will put six volunteers in a closed environment in
>Moscow for 520 days -- and then sit back and watch.
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