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Mock Mars Mission Blasts Off

Experimenters will spend 105 days locked in fake spaceship

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 31, 2009 12:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – Europe launched its first shot at a manned mission to the Red Planet today—by locking six scientists in a tiny capsule in Moscow for 105 days to simulate the voyage, the BBC reports. The volunteers, who can leave the experiment but score $20000 if...   Read full story »

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