Volunteers flock to space experiment
Found on BBC News on Thursday, 26 March 2009
What would you be prepared to do for money? For $6,500 (£4,500) a month, to be precise?
How about the following: locking yourself inside a small metal container for three months without any communication with the outside world, with electronic monitors attached to various parts of your body and with frozen baby food and cereal bars for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
The six volunteers from Russia, France and Germany believe they are playing a small part in the making of history by bringing the long-cherished goal of a manned mission to the planet Mars one step closer.
I just wonder why nobody considers a base on the moon anymore. It takes a year or so to get to Mars, but just a week for the moon. It should be obvious that it's better to start practising on something that's close.