Volunteer for the Mars Station's Dry Run 79
cfx666 writes "The Mars Society is seeking seven volunteers to participate as members of the crew of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) during an extended simulation of human Mars exploration operations on Devon Island (May 1 through August 31, 2007).
As currently planned, the crew will consist of four individuals chosen primarily for their skills as field scientists in areas including geology, geochemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, and paleontology. Two additional crew members will be chosen primarily for their skills in engineering areas. Ability of crew members to support both roles is considered a strong plus."
So who loses out (Score:2)
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Bases? (Score:2)
"Aren't all our bases belong to the aliens?"
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Aren't all our bases ARE belong to them?
would be more accurate
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Don't all our bases are belong to them?
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You are absolutely right.
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That comment is so wrong. (Score:2)
Unless, of course, this all got rearranged in AD&D 3. I stopped at 2 and got just a tiny bit of a life. Or at least better RPGs.
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Its obvious really.. (Score:2)
What target? (Score:5, Interesting)
I also wonder what (if any) medical requirements they will have for the pretend crew. On the space shuttle one of the astronauts has to have an advanced medical license and they carry a first aid kit that would probably make your local ambulance company drool (I'm a rookie EMT so I'm very interested in this aspect).
This reminds me of the movie (Rocket Man? [imdb.com]) where they had isolation testing on the ground and the main charector almost drove everyone else to madness by singing loudly and off key.
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Er, May 1 to August 1 is 4 months, that'd be on quarter of a year. It even says 4 months in TFA.
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Give him salt-shakers. It's a simulation. (Score:1)
It's a simulation. All they have to do is give the guy a couple of little silvery salt-shakers that he can wave over patients to instanantly perform brain surgery or cure the Denebian trots (or, if things go bad in the simulation, he can arch an eyebrow and say "He's dead (sim)".
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Selection will be easy at first. (Score:4, Insightful)
You surprised me. (Score:1)
You surprised me. I fully expected Bruce Willis or Pauly Shore ("Biodome") to show up in this item before MacConnaughey!
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Doesn't anyone watch those movies (Score:1)
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Biosphere 2 Redux? (Score:2, Interesting)
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Biosphere was intended to create a fully self-contained, (almost...heat was a problem) self-cycling bio-system...a miniature earth. It's primary concern was simulating a natural environment. The Mars Society's project is more concerned with people's ability to function in close quarters, in uncomfortable conditions for extended periods of time.
Hmmm, if they can't even pay their ta
Reality show? (Score:2)
As you'd expect with a reality show, they all went a bit loopy pretty quickly. I do wonder what it is with the modern world that makes people flip out so badly under unusual conditions. If we had something like WW2 now I suspect everyone would just run around waving their arms mumbling 'wibble'. It just makes you appreciate what a level headed bunch our par
Been done already. (Score:2, Funny)
There was a wildly popular reality show similar to this that ran on American TV in the late 1960s.
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It was called Space [imdb.com] Cadets [channel4.com].
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Taransey? (Score:1)
But where are the oil riggers??? (Score:1)
Biochemist, Microbiologist? (Score:2, Insightful)
Certainly a psychologist would be more helpful...
They're bringing life with them, if nothing else. (Score:1)
Psychologists are always a part of the mission team but are usually kept planetside. (i.e. they do their job from "Houston.")
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Show me a microbiologist who can help if sth. is out of control, aside that's for the testrun in the arctic as far as I understood and there is plenty of life, so you don't know whether you introduced some or if it was there beforehand. Of cause you could use genetically modified organism and trace them, but if they get loose you may get into trouble here on earth as well...
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A microbiologist dealing with the sth threat had better be well-versed in midichlorians.
Other Roles (Score:2)
Paleontology? (Score:3, Interesting)
I mean I know its not just the study of fossils [wikipedia.org], but still... given what we know this could well be someone with nothing to study up there.
Talk about a proverbial 5th (or 7th as the case may be) wheel on a team. I'm guessing this'd be the prime candidate to have some other duties...
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Crap, I thought they wanted REAL volunteers! (Score:5, Interesting)
We could learn a whole lot by sending one person to mars, on a one-way trip, with supplies for 90 days or whatever.
The person would never be coming back, and would know that in advance, but I think you'd get people volunteering, even those terminally ill but still functional enough to survive.
P.S. I'm not volunteering.
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anything to get off this planet...
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True, it is sort of confusing... a "dry run" could be a real trip to Mars, right?
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Robotic Sensing Instruments? (Score:1)
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Stardate .. awww who cares (Score:2)
Check whether it's Endemol in charge (Score:2)
Actually, wouldn't it be more interesting and useful simply to send all the executives of Endemol ( and a few TV channels, plus Fox News) on a trip to Mars to see how they got on? Then, depending on the outcome, we could decide whether to send sentient beings the next time.
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*stands up* (Score:2)
Whose the seventh? (Score:2, Funny)
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person Mars exploration crew, one field support person will also
participate in the expedition in an out of simulation role. This
person should have excellent field mechanic and wilderness skills.
*sigh* RBC (read before comment)
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You're kidding right? I'm going to have to report you to the Cmdr on the basis that your account (an id old enough to know better) must have been hacked by someone with too much time on their hands....
As for the seventh person, I figured it as much. It's just a nicer place when summaries make sense (such as adding the phrase 'and one field support person'). But then again, this is slashdot...
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Score:1)
What, no "inept but lovable bungler" position?!? (Score:2)
What would the world be without the Gilligans, the Lucys, the George Jetsons, and the Jethros? Is there truly no room in this world any more for Inspector Clouseau, Phillip Fry, or even Scooby Doo?!?!
I'm telling you, they're making a B
Will there be psych testing? (Score:1)
Red/Green/Blue Mars anyone? (Score:1)
Read those books... Sounds like a really good idea to have a testing ground in the Antarctic...
Cheers