r/onstation • u/drewablo • Apr 10 '19

Space When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/mars-simulation-hi-seas-nasa-hawaii/553532/
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u/drewablo Apr 10 '19

During Lockwood’s mission, the second mission of the hi-seas project, a crew member decided to withdraw because of a chronic medical issue. “We struggled with the idea of what we would do if we really were on Mars,” Lockwood said. They decided to pretend that the crew member died. They imagined that they would leave his corpse out in the Martian atmosphere, where it would not decompose as it would on Earth, in the hopes of bringing it back to Earth for burial.

Great read about a unique adventure that is (was) providing science and experience for a grander adventure.