I love the space race, and believe that we're making a huge mistake by not making outer space a higher priority. The Russians are beating us, and they haven't even left the atmosphere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/world/europe/15mars.html?_r=1&ref=science
Russian scientists locked a crew of participants into tubes simulating 105 days of a mission to mars. The main purpose was to observe the crews potential behavior and ways to mediate the year and a third of transit to the red planet. A longer experiment is going to take place next year, which will be over 500 days long.
There were no major incidences during the 105 day experiment. (Meaning no one killed each other.) It's hard enough for most people to sit still and silent for less than 10 minutes. I commend the Russian's for making space a noble endeavor.
I watched NOVA last night, and they were discussing Franklin Chang-Diaz's research into rockets. His testing and rocket propulsion could make a space flight trip to mars in a matter of days.
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