To help with its plans for long-term lunar visits and missions to Mars, NASA is putting together a year-long virtual program and looking for volunteers.
The US space agency has opened applications for a 14-month mission. The goal is not to study Mars, but to understand how the human body and mind respond to prolonged isolation. NASA is seeking volunteers to spend a year in isolation. How do four people react when they spend an entire year unable to go outside? What happens when every liter of water, every meal, and every task depends on a closed system? And how does coexistence change when the s…