Simulated Mars mission begins: 4 volunteers sealed in habitat for more than a year | Dan Abrams Live

Four people will stay in a sealed, 3D-printed fake “Martian” habitat for more than a year in the name of science. About 4,000 people applied to be one of the four volunteers in the simulation of Mars that will be monitored by NASA. Robert Pearlman, member of the Space Camp Hall of Fame, joins NewsNation host Dan Abrams to discuss.

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[bldmyamean]

A year... what a joke. Ive been living like that for the past 20 Years

[Dawnabella]

Wow! This is very cool! Good Luck to the 4 of them! :)

[Metonymy]

A woman recently spent a year underground. She said she loved it and would have stayed in longer.

[johnhmielewski]

They're all very accomplished people and got chosen out of 4000 applications. I'm sure the compensation is pretty fair, possibly 1 million each if they make it the entire process.

[harpergrace]

Make this a reality show every week you vote someone off mars 😂

[GTFCEO]

Welp, after she read their titles there's no way they would have picked me had I signed up. Unless "Burn out stoner living in his mom's house unemployed at 30 something" is desired more than I know

[Ephemeral]

3 guys and 1 woman locked in a confined space thats got disaster written all over it

[freethinker]

One week of being in that goddamn place and I would be saying “Well fuck this, I’m done.”

[caylee]

Did they say what they're salary will be?

[polymathperspective]

They tried this in the movie Biodome. It didn’t end well for homoeostasis 😂

[ancepsimago]

It's like going back to college, without the naughty part.

[remedytaylor]

Shoot I can chill for a year where do I sign up?

[troy]

Robert Pearlman reminds me of the big lady in "Total Recall." *Two Weeks! and Get ready for a surprise!*

[IchbinMcVicker]

Not reviewing comments. Of-course the selected is a Star Trek landing party 😂

[thomasdillon]

I honestly do not think this will end well.

[lds]

A 1700sq ft house for over a year? What's the big deal. My husband and I have 1268sq ft, and we're fine.

[MisterMotel]

lol that "Mars" base makes no sense, its just like an apartment here on earth. real mars would never have all those luxury items because shipping would be way to expensive.

[jaxstongrey]

People do this daily: Individuals who are incarcerated in a correctional facility.

[yogalandawellnessyolandati]

Anca is a last minute replacement I wonder what happened to Alissa

[sarahconner]

It's not a true simulation unless you have a certified mentally unstable person who has had several issues with the authorities, but isn't a violent offender, yet still simulating a possible liability, and you also should let him bring his infant son and attempt to raise a child, on mars, with the challenges of mental instability.