'Our best wishes go with you.'
, the simulator includes "private crew quarters, a kitchen, and dedicated areas for medical, recreation, fitness, work, and crop growth activities, as well as a technical work area and two bathrooms," all within just 1,700 square feet.notes, the duties of the crew range from managing equipment failures, environmental stressors, and resource limitations to performing simulated spacewalks and growing crops.
If we're being honest, most of us have a hard time managing our exercise and hygiene regimens on a day-to-day basis — let alone while trapped inside a Mars simulator with three other grown adults for an entire year. Close quarters aside, Haston, who has been crowned the team's commander, commended her fellow crewmates during the press briefing as an "amazing group of dedicated individuals who feel very passionate about space exploration and science," adding that space exploration "exemplifies some of the best qualities of humankind."
"The crew has worked so hard this month to get ready for this mission," said Haston. "It has been very special to be a part of such a tremendous group of scientists and specialists from a diverse set of backgrounds working together to bring CHAPEA 1, the first of three missions, to reality."
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