NASA Needs Volunteers To Pretend To Live On Mars

Author Marija

August 9th, 2021 12:33 PM

In preparation for when the time comes to send astronauts to Mars, NASA started taking applications last week for four volunteers to live in Mars Dune Alpha for a year. Mars Dune Alpha is a 1,700-square-foot Martian habitat inside a building at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NBC2 reports that the volunteers, who will be paid, will do a simulation of a Martian exploration mission that includes ‘space’walks, limited communication, restricted food and resources, and equipment failures.

To be considered for the position, volunteers will be required to have a master’s degree in a science, engineering or math field or pilot experience, be a U.S. citizen, between the ages of 30 and 55 and in good physical health.

To apply, click here

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• Phoenix Mars Lander Arrives On Mars

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  IN SPACE - MAY 25: In this handout illustration provided by NASA/JPL, an artist's conception of the Phoenix Mars Lander on the Red Planet. Phoenix is slated to land on Mars on May 25, 2008. Launched in the summer of 2007 the lander will join the twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity and will study whether permafrost could have supported primitive life on the planet. (Photo Illustration by NASA/JPL via Getty Images)

• The Sharpest View Of Mars Ever Taken From Earth

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  The Sharpest View Of Mars Ever Taken From Earth Was Obtained By The Recently Refurbished Nasa Hubble Space Telescope (Hst). This Stunning Portrait Was Taken With The Hst Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 (Wfpc2) On March 10, 1997, Just Before Mars Opposition, When The Red Planet Made One Of Its Closest Passes To The Earth (About 60 Million Miles Or 100 Million Km) (Photo By Nasa/Getty Images)

• Planet Mars Shows Signs Of Liquid Water

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  HALE CRATER, MARS - UNSPECIFIED DATE: In this handout provided by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, dark, narrow streaks on the slopes of Hale Crater are inferred to be formed by seasonal flow of water on surface of present-day Mars. These dark features on the slopes are called "recurring slope lineae" or RSL. Scientists reported on September 28, 2015 using observations with the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer on the same orbiter detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale Crater, corroborating the hypothesis that the streaks are formed by briny liquid water. (Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona via Getty Images)
• ESA’s Mars Express Returns Images Of Echus Chasma

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  IN SPACE - JULY 16: In this handout image supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) on July 16, 2008, The Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on Mars, is pictured from ESA's Mars Express. The data was acquired on September 25, 2005. The dark material shows a network of light-coloured, incised valleys that look similar to drainage networks known on Earth. It is still debated whether the valleys originate from precipitation, groundwater springs or liquid or magma flows on the surface. (Photo by ESA via Getty Images)

• NASA Pathfinder Sojourner Rover On Mars

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  View of the NASA Pathfinder Sojourner Rover robotic data gathering vehicle exploring the surface terrain of the planet Mars, 1997. (Photo by NASA/Getty Images)

• Pictures From Mars Rover Released

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  MARS - JANUARY 8: In this handout released by NASA, a Mars landscape is seen in a picture taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit January 8, 2003. The circular topographic feature, dubbed Sleepy Hollow, can be seen along with dark markings that could have bee caused by the airbag-encased lander as it bounced and rolled to rest. The rover landed on Mars January 3. (Photo by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cornell University via Getty Images)

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