The Freedom to Fail: Space Simulations and the Future of Our Species
“Plans are useless. Planning is everything.” – Dwight David Eisenhower If all goes as planned, in 42 days the hatch will open and our one-year mission to simulated space will …
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Moments of Silence, Broken
Last night over dinner we argued about soil. Not argued so much as batted ideas around the way that scientists do. “That’s not soil – that’s bedrock.” One of us …
Day 300: Virtually There
Until we get really good at transgressing the laws of physics, we live under the thumb of certain hard facts. One of the hardest is this: we can’t be in two places …
Ask Martians Anything: Send a Message to “Space”
When you boldly go where no one has gone before, there are a few things you can count on. Number one: you forgot something. Perhaps it was your toothbrush, your …
100 EVAs, 100 Days to Earth
It’s one hundred and seven days to mission’s end. Sometimes, it seems like we’re a few days from home instead of 15 weeks. Most days, it feels like we just marked …
Every Day is Earth Day On Mars
In a roundabout way, every day on Mars is Earth Day. Earth Day, celebrated on April 22nd in the United States for the last 46 years, celebrates and promotes awareness …
A More Powerful Season
Spring has come at last to simulated Mars. You might be asking: what does that mean? Are the snows melting? Are soft green blades breaking through the bare, furrowed ground? …
Simulated Mars: 200 Days Later
We’re rounding the corner into mission day 200. 199 days have past – days of sun where we were able to cook, turn on the heater, clean ourselves with warm …
Halfway Home: 6 Months Into Simulated Mars
Welcome to mission day 184 and the third quarter of our year on simulated Mars. It’s been six months since my crew landed here. Half a year already! Though substantial …