It’s hard out there for a human.
Mars One is a mission aiming to put humans on Mars
200,000 people have already applied to go, and 1058 of those remain in the application process right now. Mars One says a group of four "marsonauts" will go first, with a planned landing in 2025, but they'll be followed by more groups at two year intervals.
NASA/JPL/MSSS / Via jpl.nasa.gov
It's going to take a long time to get there and the journey might not be very fun.
Mars One say the first crew's journey will take 210 days. During this time the crew will each have 20m3 of living space each, and won't be able to shower.
If you struggle to cope with your family over Christmas, how would you cope with 30 weeks in such tight living quarters?
Bryan Versteeg / Mars One
Like, really not fun.
When would-be astronauts spent 520 days in a fake spaceship in a Russian car park to simulate a round trip to Mars, four of the six crew had trouble sleeping or developed depression during the mission.
One crew member had such chronic sleep deprivation that he accounted for the majority of errors in concentration and alertness tests all crew undertook.
ESA / Via esa.int
