A Mission of the Mind 意志的考验
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_4811329/bbc_tae_267_mission_of_the_mind_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]Have you ever been on a [b]long-haul flight[/b]? How did you [b]pass the time[/b]? Perhaps you watched an in-flight movie or read a book.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Well it would have to be a very long book to keep you amused for 520 days. That's how long six men are going to be [b]sealed away [/b][b]from [/b][b]humanity[/b] in a warehouse in the suburbs of Moscow from tomorrow.[/p][p=21, 2, left]No, this isn't another [b]weird[/b] reality TV show, but an experiment from the European Space Agency and Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems to test the [b]psychological impact[/b] of a [b]manned[/b] mission to Mars.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The six astronauts will live in conditions [b]approximating[/b] a real space mission. A 550-cubic-metre [b]mock-up[/b] within the warehouse includes an[b]interplanetary[/b] spaceship, a Mars [b]lander[/b] and a [b]Martian[/b] landscape.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The group of six - which includes one Chinese astronaut, Wang Yue - will work, relax and sleep in eight-hour [b]shifts[/b], take two days off a week and shower once every ten days.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-06-06/f3160e3fe7258ac1efd7e2a7bf7d6383.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]The test site includes a Martian landscape simulation[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]All communication with [b]mission control[/b] will [b]be subject to[/b] a twenty-minute delay to reproduce the effects of distance.[/p][p=21, 2, left]After 250 days, the astronauts will divide into two groups. Three will move to the Martian surface[b]simulator[/b] for a month while the rest will remain '[b]in orbit[/b]'. Then the six will be reunited for a 240-day return journey to... well, the outside world.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Throughout, the organisers of the project will use cameras to monitor everything that happens 'on board'. They will gather new [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=information]information[/url]about personal stress levels, [b]emotional [/b][b]well-being[/b] and [b]group dynamics[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a scientist with the satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium, believes that the experiment will be extremely valuable. However, she points out that without the glory of being the first humans to visit the Red Planet, it could be hard for these [b]pioneers[/b] to maintain motivation.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"It's far less likely this would be a problem if you really were going to Mars", she says. "But the danger is that because you know you're really in a [b]hangar[/b] in Moscow, you start thinking: 'I can't be bothered'."[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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