HI-SEASの1年間のシュミレーションが8月28日からスタートします。
有人火星探査には、往復の飛行を含めて約3年間かかるという想定の元、その間のクルーの結束とパフォーマンスに焦点を当てた研究です。
HI-SEASの研究者は、クルーが正常に任務を達成することができるようにするための効果的なチーム構成およびサポート戦略を開発しています。
そのため、シュミレーション中、クルーは、カメラ、体動トラッカー、電子調査、および他の方法を使用して監視されます。
クルーメンバーは、こちらです。
Crew Cmmander: Carmel Johnston
Her interest in global food production and sustainability lead her to HI-SEAS to research food production in Mars simulation.
Chief Scientific Officer & Crew Physicist: Christiane Heinicke
German physicist and engineer. Most recently she has worked on sea ice and has also gained experience working with polar lights, metal melts and simulations of the Earth’s mantle.
Health Science Officer and Habitat Journalist: Sheyna Gifford
She holds a bachelor of science in neuroscience and english, a master of clinical laboratory science and biotechnology, a master of science in journalism, a doctor of medicine and is currently earning a master of business administration. Be sure to check out Sheyna’s blog ‘Live From Mars’
Chief Engineering Officer: Andrzej Stewart
He is an ardent light aircraft pilot and previously worked at Lockheed Martin as an interplanetary flight controller.
Crew Biologist: Cyprien Verseux
Part of his research aims at making human outposts on Mars as independent as possible of Earth, by using living organisms to process Mars’ resources into products needed for human consumption.
Crew Architect: Tistan Bassingthwaighte
His doctoral work will involve designing a next generation conceptual Mars habitat.
