Six volunteers Mission Mars 500 return "set" foot in the outside world, on Friday (4 / 11) Moscow time, when confined in the capsule for a year and a half of testing (520 days). The six men with pale faces, but the smile that came out of the module capsule starry-eyed applause and camera shots.Confine ourselves in a narrow capsule module without a window with the door locked, a way of testing the human ketahanah undergo a long journey to Mars. Project cost $ 15 million was directed to answer the big questions in space travel to distant planets; Can people remain healthy and sane travel by rocket underwent more than six months to the Red Planet?
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| The Mars 500 mission crew member. (Picture from: http://www.parabolicarc.com/) |
The volunteers only briefly meet family or friends who miss them. To test the resilience of their psychology, sixth will enter a period of quarantine for three days.
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| Mock Mission to Mars. (Picture from: http://www.space.com/) |
"Very happy to meet again with you all, though my heart was pounding a little nervous. On this mission we reach the longest isolation conditions. This is the direction that mankind will be able to go to a distant planet, but can be achieved," said Diego Urbina, origin Italy, with trembling and a little red-eye during a press conference after the exit of the module.
On the other hand, psychologists concerned about the return of the crew to the event and the rowdy atmosphere of a normal life will lead to surprises. "Time seemed to fly when the door is closed tightly. However, what the true feelings of the crew, only be known later. Maybe we would have a very different opinion," said Igor Ushakov, Head of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems in Moscow.
The crew is really still in the gravitational field is even depicted in the spacecraft. However, it did not stop them felt thousands of miles from home. "I really feel there is physical distance between our crew on the modules in the space capsule with their regulatory mission." My mind knows that they are only 20 meters away, but my feelings can not accept it, "said another crew from France, Romain Charles, mailed to Reuters on the eve of the mission ended in capsule module. *** [REUTERS | AFP | A-64 | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 05112011]
On the other hand, psychologists concerned about the return of the crew to the event and the rowdy atmosphere of a normal life will lead to surprises. "Time seemed to fly when the door is closed tightly. However, what the true feelings of the crew, only be known later. Maybe we would have a very different opinion," said Igor Ushakov, Head of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems in Moscow.
The crew is really still in the gravitational field is even depicted in the spacecraft. However, it did not stop them felt thousands of miles from home. "I really feel there is physical distance between our crew on the modules in the space capsule with their regulatory mission." My mind knows that they are only 20 meters away, but my feelings can not accept it, "said another crew from France, Romain Charles, mailed to Reuters on the eve of the mission ended in capsule module. *** [REUTERS | AFP | A-64 | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 05112011]
