ESA recruits participants to fly to Mars

The European Aeronautics Agency (ESA) is recruiting 12 volunteers to participate in a flight simulation study on Mars that lasts up to 17 months.

The " spacecraft " flying to this Mars consists of self-contained modules linked together at a Moscow Research Institute (Russia), and once the doors of the " ship " are closed, all 6 ". Astronauts "will be completely isolated from the outside world, except for single communication by radio.

Experts will have to deal with emergencies that are simulated just like in real space flights, perform daily tasks and experiments, and of course suffer from boredom as well as personal discomfort in a space of only 550 m ³ . Communicating via radio with the " flight " control group and relatives will also take about 40 minutes, time

(Artwork: Universetoday.com) radio signal space must cross the road between the Earth and the " ship " flying in the orbit of the red planet. Food for people in flight is also the same synthetic food on the International Space Station (ISS) today.

The goal of the experiment is to test the psychological endurance of humans and the ability to resist stress, rather than the physical requirements for astronauts in the future flight to Mars.

The first test phase expected to last 105 days and nights will begin in mid-2008, and the possibility of the next phase will also be carried out at the same time before an experiment lasts exactly 520 Day and night started from the end of 2008 or early 2009. ESA needs 12 volunteers because in addition to 6 people selected for the official " flight team ", the remaining 6 are allowed to serve as reserve forces.

So far this Institute has received applications from 150 people, including 19 women, please join. Each of them is only paid correctly by ESA 120 euros (158 USD) for each " flying " day.