<![CDATA[Mars Flight Simulation: 6 Men Endure 105 Days Of Isolation In Simulated Flight]]>

1.0 link 233772 <![CDATA[Mars Flight Simulation: 6 Men Endure 105 Days Of Isolation In Simulated Flight]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/mars-flight-simulation-6-_n_233772.html MOSCOW -- Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars.

Sergei Ryazansky, the captain of the six-man crew, told reporters at a Moscow research institute near the Kremlin on Tuesday that the most difficult thing was knowing that instead of making the 172-million mile (276-million kilometer) journey they were...

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