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Astronomy => In the Media... => Topic started by: Rick on Mar 31, 2009, 15:51:55

Title: Mars 'journey' experiment begins
Post by: Rick on Mar 31, 2009, 15:51:55
 A Big Brother-style experiment to test whether humans could travel to Mars and back has begun in Moscow.

Six volunteers from Russia, France and Germany have been locked into a capsule to simulate the conditions of a manned flight to the planet lasting two years.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7974282.stm