Apply Now: NASA’s Amazing Simulated Mars Mission Could Be for You
Apply Now: NASA’s Amazing Simulated Mars Mission Could Be for You
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If a simulated Mars mission sounds right up your alley, you might just be in luck. But conditions apply… Have you ever wanted to experience what life might be like living on Mars? Are you keen to escape the real world for 12 months? Well, NASA has an opportunity for you! Last week, the US space agency announced that applications were open for potential candidates to participate in its next simulated one-year Mars surface mission. The operation is designed to “help inform NASA’s plans for human exploration of the Red Planet”.
Simulated Mars Mission Number Two
This is the second of three planned ground-based simulated Mars missions, called CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog).
Each CHAPEA assignment involves a four-person crew living and working inside a 158-square-metre, 3D-printed habitat based at NASA’s famous Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.
“Applicants should have a strong desire for unique, rewarding adventures and interest in contributing to NASA’s work to prepare for the first human journey to Mars,” the company said in a statement on its website.
“The habitat, called the Mars Dune Alpha, simulates the challenges of a mission on Mars, including resource limitations, equipment failures, communication delays, and other environmental stressors.”
Among the listed tasks for successful applicants are simulated spacewalks, robotic operations, habitat maintenance, exercise, and crop growth.
Apply Now – If You Fit the Criteria
But there is a catch, so don’t go handing in your resignation letter just yet.
Applications for the simulated Mars mission are limited to US citizens or permanent residents only – ideally aged between 30-55 years old, and non-smokers.
Oh, then there is the minor detail around “standard NASA criteria for astronaut candidate applicants” that includes a master’s degree in a STEM field from an accredited institution “with at least two years of professional STEM experience or a minimum of one thousand hours piloting an aircraft”.
What does a job like this pay? Well, NASA is light on details, only declaring that “more information will be provided during the candidate screening process”.
But estimates suggest it’s somewhere in the ballpark of $AU 90,000.
And while we can’t confirm the employment conditions, we assume this isn’t the ideal role for those looking to work from home on a frequent basis.
The simulated Mars mission is scheduled to launch next year.
Do the stars align for you? If so, apply now. Applications for this simulated Mars mission close on Tuesday, 2 April (US CTD time).
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