Inside a Utah desert facility preparing humans for life on Mars

Among the magnificent canyons of the Utah Desert is a small research facility to prepare people for life on Mars, about 7 miles away from the nearest town.

Mars Society, a non -profit organization operating the Mars Desert Research Station or MDRS, invited CNBC to overshadow one of the analog teams in a last task.

“Mdrs is the best analog astronaut environment, “he said, Urban Koi, who serves as a health and security guard for the crew 315.” The land is extremely similar to the land of Mars, and the protocols that occur here are very similar if we travel to Mars to research, science and engineering. “

SpaceX CEO and Mars Lawyer Elon Musk in question The company can take people to Mars early at an early date like 2029.

The 5 -person crew 315 spent two weeks at the research station following their procedures on Mars.

David Laude, who served as the crew commander, described a typical day.

“So we all gather around a common table on the upper deck until 7 am and we have breakfast,” he said. “We have the first meeting of the day we planned around 8:00.

A EVA refers to extravicular activity. In NASA speech, Evas refers to space walks when the astronauts leave the pressure space station and wearing spaces to survive in space.

“The most challenging thing about this analog tasks is just to enter a rhythm. He said.

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