Fake Mars Crew Emerges From Isolation

“Six people who have been living inside a geodesic dome on a remote peak in Hawaii, pretending to be astronauts, emerged Sunday to see the unfiltered sun for the first time in eight months.

The volunteer scientists had been living in the 1,200-square-foot dome since Jan. 19, in an effort to learn about what it will be like if, or when, NASA sends people to Mars.

The crew — James Bevington, Joshua Ehrlich, Brian Ramos, Laura Lark, Ansley Barnard, and Samuel Payler — were researching human behavior and performance.

The eight-month study, known as the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, was the fifth of its kind, funded by NASA and run through the University of Hawaii.

But for those of us who've been stuck on the outside, there's really just one burning question: How do they feel about the world they've returned to?”

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich

Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich

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[UNLebanon]

8 month isolation? Dude, give me a copy of the Dark Souls series and I could do that easily.

[Urhoboman]

"Simulation Mars Crew Emerges from Isolation" would have been a better title.

[Statsy]

Eight months. That's 24 Scaramucci's... but they don't even know what that means.

[nathenhutchison]

What?  They've been in isolation for 8 months just to be released two days before the end of the world???  That is either incredibly poor planning or incredibly cruel.

[jzmun]

if they went in jan 19, 2017 they still would have known Trump was President.

[GreenPartyHat]

I dream of a day where there is a News Channel that tells me the news without telling me their opinion.

[patcantin]

Geez guys ... Thanks for the scientific analysis ! Now I feel informed on this awesome project of humanity trying to figure out traveling to mars...

[mnisOllie]

I don't appreciate the use of word "Fake" to describe this crew. ;)

[fastzander]

You've got to hand it to scientists. Whether it's these guys, or an archaeologist who spends 6 months excavating a 3 foot by 3 foot wide patch of dirt whilst painstakingly cataloguing every tiny fragment of bone or pottery, or whoever else - the great majority do not become famous or make groundbreaking discoveries, but instead sacrifice months, sometimes years of their lives, to advance our knowledge only by the tiniest increments. Without which, of course, it wouldn't advance at all. If we ever do make it to Mars, do you think we'll remember these guys? Or those guys who grew vegetables in mockup Martin soil? Probably not; but without them, and the time they sacrificed, we'll never make it to Mars at all.

[jojorumbles]

Pfft, amateurs. I served eight months straight on a Navy sub. No sunlight, no coming to the surface, no walking around outside.

[rleejjones]

There's a group in the middle of applying for a ONE WAY trip to Mars! Now that's cool!

[armartin]

Why didn't you guys discuss anything about what they learned?

[keithbell]

famous scene from Back To The Future:
Doc to Marty: "Next thing you tell me the actor Ronald Reagan is the president"

[smeechdog]

"They got snapshots of the news, without much depth."

So, ah, they got the Fox news network?

[hezekiahramirez]

Can we put Trump in one? Let it write its ridiculous tweets and pretend they're posting and just leave it in there with some overcooked steaks with ketchup. It will be fine. Just paint it gold or something.

[bolshevikYK]

I woul've titled it "Mars Training Crew" instead of "Fake Mars Crew", but hey whatever

[blu]

no access to current events, sounds like paradise in my opinion. would love to live on an island and not know what is going on in the world for a year

[solidarityced]

You could've made this a interesting story about what those scientist found out in that experiment. But you continued to make the story about yourself and things you cared about, it was just point less ramblings. Stuff like this why im no longer a tyt paid member.

[nikkilovesrocks]

Oh, I thought you all were admitting Mars and all Space is Fake!!!

[RoccosVideos]

I wonder why they didn't simulant going to Uranus. (I couldn't help myself)