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NASA selects four people for a simulated mission to Mars' moon Phobos that will see them trapped in a capsule four times smaller than a tennis court for 45 DAYS
MAILONLINE ^ | 30 September 2021 | By RYAN MORRISON FOR

Posted on 10/01/2021 10:59:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin

hese experiments are designed to give agencies a better idea of how humans would interact and cope during a long space journey.

The volunteer research subjects start their virtual journey to Phobos on October 1, in a ground-based habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Their home for the 45 days will be a small habitat called the Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA - with collected data informing the design of future missions to the Red Planet, expected to happen in the 2030s.

HERA is a two-story, four-port cylindrical habitat unit with a total of 636 sq. ft of living space, designed to replicate the living space on a long duration spaceship.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 45days; hera; loveshack; mars; metoo; nasa; nasas; phobos; politicallycorrect; sexinspace
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To: bankwalker

I would have been a little different that Jack Tripper in that situation...


21 posted on 10/01/2021 11:16:24 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

“four times smaller than a tennis court”

OMG!

“with a total of 636 sq. ft of living space”

Oh, so a studio apartment...


22 posted on 10/01/2021 11:16:25 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin
Four times smaller

Mathematically impossible, and linguistically incorrect.

23 posted on 10/01/2021 11:17:48 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Larry Lucido

I guess capsules seem larger in space because people can float around in them. Not sure how much NASA can learn from a gravitated module.


24 posted on 10/01/2021 11:17:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I visualize something like the concluding scene from “I, Mudd”

I visualize something in the ‘Hygiene Module’ like found on Porn Hub ...


25 posted on 10/01/2021 11:18:36 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: BenLurkin

“four times smaller than a tennis court”

Is this correct?

Shouldn’t it be: one quarter the size of a tennis court?


26 posted on 10/01/2021 11:19:06 AM PDT by Brookhaven (The dystopian future is now!)
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To: EEGator

> Four walk in, seven “walk” out...

perhaps you might be implying this: four walk in, four walk out and three(+) crawl out...


27 posted on 10/01/2021 11:20:28 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: Brookhaven

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/wacky.wav


28 posted on 10/01/2021 11:21:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: PIF

Remember the two female NASA astronauts that got into a fight over one NASA astronaut.

https://www.biography.com/news/lisa-nowak-lucy-in-the-sky

Grab the popcorn!


29 posted on 10/01/2021 11:21:22 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: SteveH

Somewhat, as it’s only 45 days.


30 posted on 10/01/2021 11:22:17 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin
That's only 1/6th as long as it would take them to get to Mars ... if the planets were uncommonly close.
31 posted on 10/01/2021 11:22:32 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: cgbg

Is that about diaper lady?


32 posted on 10/01/2021 11:22:56 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Yup—diaper lady.

NASA now claims their psych testing is much better....bwahahahahahaha.


33 posted on 10/01/2021 11:23:53 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah. No.


34 posted on 10/01/2021 11:24:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: PIF

He looks happier than the women!


35 posted on 10/01/2021 11:26:25 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: BenLurkin

Its going to be a boinkfest


36 posted on 10/01/2021 11:26:26 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: cgbg

Anyone making it to the level of astronaut has to be strung insanely tight. One has to essentially be #1 for 30 years.


37 posted on 10/01/2021 11:26:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: PIF

A curtain will be put up to separate the designated sex module


38 posted on 10/01/2021 11:26:57 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: bert

They may have to add chastity belts to the required female astronaut uniform...

;-)


39 posted on 10/01/2021 11:27:57 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Seruzawa

Closer to 200+ days.


40 posted on 10/01/2021 11:28:08 AM PDT by EEGator
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