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Six people in Hawaii try to prove we can survive on M

Clip: 6/14/2015 | 4m 42s

As part of a NASA-funded study, six people have been living in a dome of a Hawaii volcano.

A NASA-funded study is focusing on the psychological impact of a potential mission to Mars. For the past eight months, six people have been living in a self-sustaining 1,000 square-foot dome on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii, cut off from the outside world. It is the longest space-travel simulation to take place in the United States. Saskia de Melker reports.

06/14/2015 | Rating NR

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