Back to Reality: Researchers Return from Mars Study

By Molly Solomon • Jul 28, 2014

Credit University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
The HI-SEAS habitat on the slopes of Mauna Loa
Credit University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

A crew of scientists is coming back to the real world this week. They’ve been living inside a remote habitat 8,200 feet atop Mauna Loa. They’re part of a NASA-funded study to simulate what it’s like to live on Mars. HPR’s Molly Solomon explains.

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