Russian Module for Virtual Mars Mission Set to Go

Russian Module for Virtual Mars Mission Set to Go

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MOSCOW — It's a mission to Mars — without leaving Moscow.

Russian scientists have finished fashioning a crucial section of a mock spacecraft that will simulate a voyage to the Red Planet, an official at the Moscow institute leading the project said Wednesday.

For at least 520 days, the barrel-shaped metal structure will serve as living quarters for six crew members picked from thousands of applicants around the world for a pretend voyage that in real life may be decades away.

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Dude, you know thats gonna suck to be bottled up in that tin can for 520 days.

Especially when you know that all you have to do is open the door and walk across the lab to visit the snack machine...

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[edit on 7/13/2007 by damajikninja]