21st
June
2007
Alaska? Small potatoes. Pffft.
posted in Uncategorized |How about Mars?!?!
Okay, not really.
But the European Space Agency is looking for 12 people with the Right Stuff to volunteer for an experimental faux Mars mission. The article says “volunteers”, but later on, it mentions that the people selected for the various experiments would be paid a stipend of 120 Euros per day.
It makes me think of Biosphere II, which was a grand idea that flopped grandly.
If I were single and didn’t smoke, I think I’d be sending in my app.
Of course, 500 days in 550 cubic meters with five other people does sound a bit…cramped. If those were all sixes in that sentence, I’d be spooked to the max. 
