Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Come Back to Earth
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 …
Category: habitat
Breaking Through: It’s Been One of Those Months
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 …
The Answer, Naturally, is 42
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 …
This Alien Shore: 1 Month on sMars
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 …
A Window Into Mars
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 …