NASA Crew Emerges After 378 Days: Planning for Mars

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The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation at the US space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston ...

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... The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation at the US space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, an endeavor designed to help prepare for a possible future excursion by NASA astronauts to Earth's planetary neighbor. ...

Woof. Mars.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-11-01 11:25 PM | Reply

Analogous usage of very human-like robots will likely precede human attempts.... let them set up the shacks and the bars... who really wants to go until they do?

The 2030's timeline.... not betting on it....

#2 | Posted by South_American at 2026-11-02 12:11 AM | Reply

Mars? Pure fantasy.

#3 | Posted by crisisstills1 at 2026-11-02 02:41 PM | Reply

Hardly. We'll see a manned mission sometime in the next 20-30 years. Mars is the stepping stone to the riches of the asteroid belt.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2026-11-02 02:51 PM | Reply

"Hardly. We'll see a manned mission sometime in the next 20-30 years"

From China? I agree.

#5 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-11-02 03:32 PM | Reply

I'd bet on a private company getting there before any nation. So much money to be made out there eventually.

#6 | Posted by qcp at 2026-11-02 03:46 PM | Reply