How can I apply to be one of the volunteers for the Mars mission programme?
As far as I know, ESA wants 12 volunteers to simulate the mission here,on Earth,and I desperately want to be one of them. Anyone know the answer?
19 June 2007
ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission.
To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the last gigantic
challenges. But one day some of us will be on precisely that journey to the Red Planet. A journey with no way out once the spaceship is on a direct path to Mars.
Challenges
These men and women will have to take care of themselves for almost two years during the roundtrip. Their survival is in their own hands, relying on the work of thousands of engineers and scientists back on Earth, who made such a mission possible.
The crew will experience extreme isolation and confinement. They will lose sight of planet Earth. A radio contact will take 40 minutes to travel to us and then back to the space explorers.
A human mission to Mars is a bold vision for the time beyond the International Space Station.
However, preparations have already started today. They are geared and committed to one goal: to send humans on an exploration mission to Mars, individuals who will live and work together in a spaceship for over 500 days.
Simulation
In order to investigate the human factors of such a mission ESA has teamed up with the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) and will send a joint crew of six on a 520-day simulated mission to Mars.
The simulation follows the mission profile of a real Mars mission, including a exploration phase on the surface of Mars. Nutrition will be identical to that provided on board the International Space Station.
The simulations will take place here on Earth inside a special facility in Moscow. A precursor 105-day study is scheduled to start by mid-2008, possibly followed by another 105-day study, before the full 520-day study begins in late 2008 or early 2009.
ESA is looking for 12 volunteers who are ready to participate in the simulations and thereby help to support the preparations of the real thing: a mission to Mars. Four volunteers will be needed for each of the three simulations. The selection procedure is similar to that of
ESA astronauts, although there will be more emphasis on psychological factors and stress resistance than on physical fitness.
Interested?
For detailed information on this Call for Candidates and for the application form please refer to: http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/callforcandidates
Concordia
Alongside such dedicated space mission simulations, a complementary approach to understand the complexities of human health and behaviour is to look at analogue environments. These are operational environments, which, through their natural situation produce some
similar constraints as for example a mission to Mars.
ESA has already been active for some years in the Antarctic Concordia research station. In support of the scientific and technical projects there, ESA is looking for one person (each year) with a medical background. The details of that Call for Candidates can also be found at the web address indicated above.
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:39 pm
umm idk i u can since you would need lots of training and there are probably already thousands that want to do it so good luck and don’t die trying.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Why would you want to sit in a confined space with other men for weeks or months on end, still each to their own.
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You better off googling the question
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I don’t know, why don’t you get in touch with the ESA’s public relations division (if they have one) and ask them.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 5:53 pm
19 June 2007
ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission.
To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the last gigantic
challenges. But one day some of us will be on precisely that journey to the Red Planet. A journey with no way out once the spaceship is on a direct path to Mars.
Challenges
These men and women will have to take care of themselves for almost two years during the roundtrip. Their survival is in their own hands, relying on the work of thousands of engineers and scientists back on Earth, who made such a mission possible.
The crew will experience extreme isolation and confinement. They will lose sight of planet Earth. A radio contact will take 40 minutes to travel to us and then back to the space explorers.
A human mission to Mars is a bold vision for the time beyond the International Space Station.
However, preparations have already started today. They are geared and committed to one goal: to send humans on an exploration mission to Mars, individuals who will live and work together in a spaceship for over 500 days.
Simulation
In order to investigate the human factors of such a mission ESA has teamed up with the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) and will send a joint crew of six on a 520-day simulated mission to Mars.
The simulation follows the mission profile of a real Mars mission, including a exploration phase on the surface of Mars. Nutrition will be identical to that provided on board the International Space Station.
The simulations will take place here on Earth inside a special facility in Moscow. A precursor 105-day study is scheduled to start by mid-2008, possibly followed by another 105-day study, before the full 520-day study begins in late 2008 or early 2009.
ESA is looking for 12 volunteers who are ready to participate in the simulations and thereby help to support the preparations of the real thing: a mission to Mars. Four volunteers will be needed for each of the three simulations. The selection procedure is similar to that of
ESA astronauts, although there will be more emphasis on psychological factors and stress resistance than on physical fitness.
Interested?
For detailed information on this Call for Candidates and for the application form please refer to: http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/callforcandidates
Concordia
Alongside such dedicated space mission simulations, a complementary approach to understand the complexities of human health and behaviour is to look at analogue environments. These are operational environments, which, through their natural situation produce some
similar constraints as for example a mission to Mars.
ESA has already been active for some years in the Antarctic Concordia research station. In support of the scientific and technical projects there, ESA is looking for one person (each year) with a medical background. The details of that Call for Candidates can also be found at the web address indicated above.
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Space Generation Forum, talk@spacegeneration.org
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:19 pm
To be competitive, you need an advanced degree or two, and proven expertise in one or two fields of science. You must be in top physical and mental health. You might need a background in jet flight (military experience helps) and understand the physics of flight and flight medicine.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 6:36 pm
try the NASA site
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March 2nd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Nasa is not involved with this program so I would just look for the ESA page, http://www.esa.int I think…they would have it. At best Nasa would have a link. Also, depending on your nationality, they are only looking for Russians and other European nationalities I believe…
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March 2nd, 2010 at 7:03 pm
unless you work for NASA you dont stand a chance mate
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March 2nd, 2010 at 7:35 pm
There you go. A couple of info pages along with a link to a down-loadable application form… I´m well into my application. Learning Russian as we speak… You need to be an EU citizen, though, apart from being able to communicate in Russian.
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMAJPXXV2F_index_0.html
http://spaceflight.esa.int/users/index.cfm?act=default.page&level=16&page=2203
http://spaceflight.esa.int/users/downloads/ao2007/Mars500%20Application%20Form.doc
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March 2nd, 2010 at 7:57 pm
If you don’t get it you can come and live in my castle’s dungeon for 7 months.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Mars is now irelivant,, to close to the Sun, in a couple of million years life will start on the fourth planet out from the Sun..
Thats where the effort should be directed.
So try and persuade the experts to move out not in.
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Supernova
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Go to the post office and ask for a ‘mission to mars experiment’ application form.
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a bloke in the pub.