How do people live and work after landing on Mars? HI-SEAS Interstellar Habitat tells you

Although it will take some time for humans to truly visit Mars, the question we have to consider now is how can humans live and work together in the harsh environment of the environment after landing on Mars? One solution to solve this problem is to simulate the construction of a Mars base on Earth. This is the original intention of HI-SEAS, which built an interstellar habitat on an active volcano on Big Island, Hawaii..

From 2013 to 2018, the University of Hawaii conducted a simulated Mars mission in its habitat. People have lived in HI-SEAS for months to simulate the difficulties they may encounter after landing on Mars. This means they need to save water, use salted video, and simulate the radio communication delay between Earth and Mars. And when leaving the habitat for outdoor tasks, you need to wear clothing with full armor.

The University of Hawaii successfully completed five simulation missions at HI-SEAS. However, in the sixth mission carried out in early 2018, the task time was compressed due to an injury when a crew attempted to open the spare motor. However, HI-SEAS is currently in a transition period. The owner of the habitat decided to re-use the base structure to simulate the lunar mission, as NASA recently focused its attention on the task of sending humans to the surface of the moon. However, HI-SEAS is likely to re-expand Mars missions in the future, and plans to begin the landing Mars program in 2020.