MARS-500
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MARS-500, the ground-based experiment simulating manned flight to Mars, will start in the fourth quarter of 2007 at the Institute of Biomedical Problems [1] of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Six volunteers will be selected internationally. The experiment will last for 520 days and may be extended to 700. During this time investigators-volunteers will live and work in the special complex, communicating with the outer world only by means of e-mail.
[edit] Requirements
1. Age — 25-50 years old.
2. Higher education.
3. Professional requirements:
- general practitioner having skills of first medical aid
- physician-investigator having skills of clinical laboratory diagnostics
- biologist
- engineer - specialist in life support systems
- engineer - specialist in computer techniques
- engineer - specialist in electronics
- engineer - mechanic
4. Language skills — knowledge of the Russian and English languages at the level providing professional and every day communication.
[edit] See also
- Information at the official site.
- "Mars-500" Project Calls For Volunteers
- "Russia Plans 500-Day Mock Mars Mission"
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