Paper instructions:
Please read the news release listed below about a group of scientists and a journalist who were in a yearlong simulation of living on Mars. Based on what you have learned from the course thus far about Mars and the Earth system, and other fact-based information that you may find on the Internet, answer the following questions:
Do you think they have a true or good “real to life” experience of what it would be like to live on Mars for a year? Why or why not? How could concepts of an Earth system (or, in this case, “Mars system”), impact what they would actually experience on Mars?
After your post your answers, respond and share your thoughts concerning the post of at least two other students in your group. You will not be able to see your classmates’ posts until you have made one of your own.
News Releases:
1) https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/28/mars-scientists-nasa-dome-hawaii-mountain-isolation
2) http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/29/491794937/mars-mission-crew-emerges-from-yearlong-simulation-in-hawaii