Six-member
crew selected for Mars food mission
Scientists,
educators and journalist among those chosen for four-month simulation
HONOLULU –
After receiving more than 700 applications, a team of researchers from the
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Cornell University have selected six
individuals to make up the crew of a simulated Mars mission intended to test
new forms of food and food preparation strategies for deep-space travel.
The
mission, dubbed HI-SEAS (Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation), is
part of a study for NASA to determine the best way to keep astronauts well
nourished during multiple-year missions to Mars or the moon.
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