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NASA Wants You To Spend A Year Simulating Life On Mars, For Science

Would you like to spend a year pretending to live on Mars in a 1,700-square-foot space shared with three other people, in the interest of helping a future space mission? Good news: NASA is hiring.
A conceptual rendering of Mars Dune Alpha on Mars. NASA is seeking applicants for a "one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world" to live in a 1,700-square-foot habitat with three other people on Earth.

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