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Mars Exploration 2: Manned Missions (Concepts; Preparations; etc.)

Well at least they're trying.

Fox Orders ‘Stars on Mars’ Reality Show, With William Shatner Pitting Celebrities Against Each Other in a Space Simulation.
The series, set to air this summer, will follow stars as they are suited up to live in a colony set up to simulate what it might be like to be an astronaut on Mars.
“Stars on Mars” premieres on Monday, June 5, at 8 p.m. on Fox. (...) The idea centers on the celebrity contestants competing in the Mars-like surroundings until there is just one “celebronaut” left standing. Shatner will deliver tasks to the celebs as “Mission Control.”
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/fox-stars-on-mars-william-shatner-1235581200/
 
Sleeping their way to Mars.

Scientists have blasted the brains of mice and rats with ultrasound to knock them into a hibernation-like state, and the researchers say the technique could one day be used on injured humans in critical care or on astronauts taking long-haul spaceflights.

The first-of-its-kind method — which works by firing ultrasound at a region of the brain responsible for controlling metabolism and body temperature — reduced the rodents' average body temperatures by up to 6.25 degrees Fahrenheit (3.5 degrees Celsius) while also slowing down their heart rates and reducing their oxygen consumption.

The results of the animal study could provide researchers with some clues for how hibernation-like states, or torpor, could be safely and non-invasively induced in humans. The researchers published their findings Thursday (May 25) in the journal Nature Metabolism. ...

https://www.livescience.com/health/...mation-using-sound-waves-mouse-study-suggests
 
Trevp666 said:
Well at least they're trying.

Fox Orders ‘Stars on Mars’ Reality Show, With William Shatner Pitting Celebrities Against Each Other in a Space Simulation.
The series, set to air this summer, will follow stars as they are suited up to live in a colony set up to simulate what it might be like to be an astronaut on Mars.
“Stars on Mars” premieres on Monday, June 5, at 8 p.m. on Fox. (...) The idea centers on the celebrity contestants competing in the Mars-like surroundings until there is just one “celebronaut” left standing. Shatner will deliver tasks to the celebs as “Mission Control.”
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/fox-stars-on-mars-william-shatner-1235581200/
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Too bad the public cant vote on which celebs to send to Mars.
 
Critical mass of at least 22 people.needed for colony to survive.

As few as 22 people could sustain a colony of pioneers long enough to establish a human presence on Mars.

That's the conclusion of a new study by a team of researchers in the US that used modeling and simulation to work out the minimum initial population size for a successful Mars colony that goes on to thrive.

Any fewer, and your colony could be a dud that goes the way of Lord of the Flies, or worse.

That's a lot lower than a previous estimate of 110 people. The more the merrier, perhaps, though the travel bill for a trip to the Red Planet would skyrocket with every extra mouth to feed.

But it's not just the number of people. The researchers found the simulated Mars colony has to have the right mix of personality types for working together for a long time in a very isolated environment or the whole thing could just go belly-up.

These findings, yet to be peer-reviewed, have been detailed in a paper uploaded to preprint server arXiv. ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-many-people-youd-need-to-colonize-mars
 
You'll need to be a high achiever to qualify.

NASA is seeking four people with dreams of Mars for a year-long simulated red planet experience.

The space agency's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) involves being confined to a 158 square-meter (1,700 square-foot) habitat called Mars Dune Alpha, with limited resources and facing challenges such as environmental stressors and equipment failures.

"During the mission, the crew will conduct simulated spacewalks and provide data on a variety of factors, which may include physical and behavioral health and performance," NASA explains on the mission's website.

"Having this analog environment allows us to put in some of the other realism effects which we might not get on the International Space Station and it also allows us to get a larger sample size," says CHAPEA principal investigator Grace Douglas, explaining why this tactic is being used to gather information for future crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-offers-dream-job-for-space-lovers-a-year-long-mars-simulation
 
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