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The '''Mars-500''' project is a series of [[psychology|psychological]] simulations of the long journey to [[Mars]]. The [[Mars-500 (105 days simulation)|105 days simulation]] has already been finished. The [[Mars-500 (520 days simulation)|520 days simulation]] has started on June 3rd 2010 and is planned to end on Nov 5th 2011.<ref>[http://www.imbp.ru/Mars500/Mars500-e.html SSC RF - Institute of biomedical problems of RAS]</ref><ref>[http://mars500.imbp.ru/index.html Проект «Марс-500» (Russian home page of the project)]</ref> | The '''Mars-500''' project is a series of [[psychology|psychological]] simulations of the long journey to [[Mars]]. The [[Mars-500 (105 days simulation)|105 days simulation]] has already been finished. The [[Mars-500 (520 days simulation)|520 days simulation]] has started on June 3rd 2010 and is planned to end on Nov 5th 2011.<ref>[http://www.imbp.ru/Mars500/Mars500-e.html SSC RF - Institute of biomedical problems of RAS]</ref><ref>[http://mars500.imbp.ru/index.html Проект «Марс-500» (Russian home page of the project)]</ref> | ||
| − | The | + | The 520 day mission ended on time. There were no interpersonal conflicts noted, no any events which required interrupting the experiment. Cultural & language differences of the 3 Russian, 2 European, & 1 Chinese crew did not cause difficulty. (All spoke some amount of English, but not all spoke Russian). |
| − | As boredom set in, the crew spent more time in bed, most notably during the 'trip home'. At the end of the experiment, 4 of the 6 crew suffered from sleep problems, and 1 person suffered from psychological issues. | + | The crew were at one Earth gravity during the whole trip. However, many Mars missions expect to provide artificial gravity by swinging the Mars spacecraft on a long teether (anchored to the third stage booster to act as counter mass), to provide either Earth's gravity or Mars's gravity during the transfer orbit to or from Mars. |
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| + | As boredom set in, the crew spent more time in bed, most notably during the 'trip home'. At the end of the experiment, 4 of the 6 crew suffered from sleep problems, and 1 person suffered from psychological issues. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARS-500 - wikipedia article on this experiment. </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:42, 24 March 2021
The Mars-500 project is a series of psychological simulations of the long journey to Mars. The 105 days simulation has already been finished. The 520 days simulation has started on June 3rd 2010 and is planned to end on Nov 5th 2011.[1][2]
The 520 day mission ended on time. There were no interpersonal conflicts noted, no any events which required interrupting the experiment. Cultural & language differences of the 3 Russian, 2 European, & 1 Chinese crew did not cause difficulty. (All spoke some amount of English, but not all spoke Russian).
The crew were at one Earth gravity during the whole trip. However, many Mars missions expect to provide artificial gravity by swinging the Mars spacecraft on a long teether (anchored to the third stage booster to act as counter mass), to provide either Earth's gravity or Mars's gravity during the transfer orbit to or from Mars.
As boredom set in, the crew spent more time in bed, most notably during the 'trip home'. At the end of the experiment, 4 of the 6 crew suffered from sleep problems, and 1 person suffered from psychological issues. [3]
References
- ↑ SSC RF - Institute of biomedical problems of RAS
- ↑ Проект «Марс-500» (Russian home page of the project)
- ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARS-500 - wikipedia article on this experiment.
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