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Category: habitat

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Come Back to Earth

 November 5, 2016November 27, 2016

Hello world! It’s been a while. My previous post was signed, sealed, and delivered shortly before the flap on our dome’s backdoor opened and the HI-SEAS IV crew returned to …

 6 Comments Categoriescrew, habitat, things you miss, time

Breaking Through: It’s Been One of Those Months

 February 22, 2016March 17, 2016

Life as we know it stands opposition to a constant downward force. Even high-flying objects like the International Space Station are falling fast. The ISS stays aloft because it’s travelling forward at just …

 13 Comments Categoriesemergency, EVA, habitat, radiation, Uncategorized

Dr. Mars

 December 17, 2015December 18, 2015

The day finally came. Before this week, I had performed surgery…on a telescope; on a camera; on the treadmill, once; and on the pedicycle… well, let’s just say more than once. …

 4 Comments Categoriescrew, emergency, EVA, habitat, health, medicine, spacesuits, Uncategorized

The Answer, Naturally, is 42

 October 10, 2015October 10, 2015

Welcome to the 42nd day of NASA’s longest simulated Mars mission! The day started with a bang. Or rather, a whimper. The whimper was the sound of our power systems …

 14 Comments Categoriescrew, EVA, habitat, power, spacesuits, Uncategorized Tagshydrogen fuel cell, solar

This Alien Shore: 1 Month on sMars

 September 27, 2015October 1, 2015

There are a number of oddities inherent to space missions. Some are obvious and predictable: communication delays and dependence upon spacesuits, for example. Others are a little more…unexpected. One of …

 17 Comments Categoriescrew, food, habitat, health, spacesuits, Uncategorized

A Window Into Mars

 September 22, 2015

When we finally get to Mars, where will we live? That seems like a pretty obvious question. We’ve all seen the movies, read the books. In the future, we live …

 11 Comments Categorieshabitat, missing Earth

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