{"id":13799,"date":"2017-01-25T20:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13799"},"modified":"2017-01-25T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:52:07","slug":"video-crew-of-6-enters-hi-seas-mars-sim-for-8-month-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13799","title":{"rendered":"Video: Crew of 6 enters HI-SEAS Mars sim for 8 month stay"},"content":{"rendered":"

HI-SEAS<\/a>\u00a0(Hawai\u2019i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation<\/em>)\u00a0is a NASA funded project run by the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa in which teams of volunteers spend long periods in an isolated habitat atop Mauna Loa to simulate long term missions on Mars:\u00a0HI-SEAS Mission V crew preparing to enter Mars simulation habitat –\u00a0University of Hawai\u02bbi System News<\/a><\/p>\n

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While the 0.376 g gravity of Mars can’t be generated, they try to simulate as much as they can. Whenever a crew person goes outside, for example, they must wear a space suit. Communications between the crew and anyone on “earth” have lengthy time delays\u00a0added.<\/p>\n

A team of six\u00a0people entered the\u00a0geodesic domed facility on January 19th to begin an eight month stay:<\/p>\n

During the eight-month HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission V<\/abbr> the crew will perform exploration tasks such as geological fieldwork and life systems management. The isolated and confined conditions of the mission, including 20-minutes of delayed communication and partial self-sufficiency, have been designed to be similar to those of a planetary surface exploration mission. Daily routines include food preparation from only shelf-stable ingredients, exercise, research and fieldwork aligned with NASA<\/abbr>\u2019s planetary exploration expectations.<\/em><\/p>\n

Under the watchful eye of the research team and supported by experienced mission control, the crew will participate in eight primary and three opportunistic research studies. The NASA<\/abbr>-funded primary research will be conducted by scientists from across the U.S. and Europe who are at the forefront of their fields.<\/em><\/p>\n

The primary behavioral research includes a shared social behavioral task for team building, continuous monitoring of face-to-face interactions with sociometric badges, a virtual reality team-based collaborative exercise to predict individual and team behavioral health and performance and multiple stress, cognitive countermeasure and monitoring studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here is a TMRO.tv<\/a> Spacepod short report on the project:\u00a06 people chosen for MARS MISSION! – Space Pod 01\/18\/17 – TMRO<\/a><\/p>\n

Lisa Stojanovski reveals the 6 humans chosen for an 8 month simulated Mars mission, HI-SEAS Mission V, and explains where they\u2019ll live, and the kinds of research they\u2019ll perform. For more information on HI-SEAS visit hi-seas.org<\/em><\/p>\n

The crew are: Ansley Barnard, Samuel Payler, James Bevington, Joshua Ehrlich, Laura Lark and Brian Ramos.<\/em><\/p>\n