Simulation milestone coincides with NASA's 65th birthday – will it manage the real thing before its centenary?
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Since NASA wants to simulate a food system similar to that planned for Mars missions – where food supplies will be sent ahead of the crew – there is considerable interest in the physiological and psychological benefits of growing something fresh.Communication with the outside world is via a link that simulates the delay future explorers will experience. However, unlike those astronauts, CHAPEA's volunteer crew can opt to walk out at any time.
The civilian agency was formed in response to the perceived pace of Soviet developments in space and, via Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, succeeded in landing a crew on the surface of the Moon and returning them to Earth. The agency is now 65 and, in terms of human spaceflight, continues to be best known for the achievements of its earlier years rather than the decades spent circling the Earth in the Space Shuttle.
With CHAPEA and the upcoming Artemis missions, managers will be fervently hoping to recapture some of that human exploration excitement before the centenary rolls around.
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