填空题 Have you ever been on a long-haul flight? How did you pass the time?
Perhaps you watched an in-flight movie or read a book. Well, it would have to be a very long book to keep you 1 for 520 days. That"s how long six men are going to be 2 from humanity in a warehouse in the 3 of Moscow from tomorrow. No, this isn"t another weird reality TV show, but an experiment from the European Space Agency and Russia"s Institute of Biomedical Problems to test the psychological 4 of a manned mission to Mars. The six astronauts will live in conditions approximating a real space mission.
A 550-cubic-meter 5 within the warehouse includes an interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and a Martian 6 . The group of six will work, relax and sleep in eight-hour 7 , take two days off a week and shower once every ten days. All communication, with mission control will be 8 a 20-minute delay to reproduce the effects of distance. After 250 days, the astronauts will divide into two groups. Three will move to the Martian surface simulator for a month while the rest will remain "in orbit." Then the six will be reunited for a 240-day return journey to the outside world.
Throughout, the organizers of the project will use cameras to 9 everything that happens "on board." They will gather new information about personal stress levels, emotional well-being and group dynamics.
Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a scientist with the satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium, believes that the experiment will be extremely valuable. However, she 10 that without the glory of being the first humans to visit the Red Planet, it could be hard for these pioneers to maintain motivation.