Want to Pretend to Live on Mars? For a Whole Year? Apply Now

Want to Pretend to Live on Mars? For a Whole Year? Apply Now
A proposal for the Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Mars on Aug. 2021. ICON/NASA via AP
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Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretending you are isolated on Mars? NASA has a job for you.

To prepare for eventually sending astronauts to Mars, NASA began taking applications Friday for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. That’s a 1,700-square-foot Martian habitat, created by a 3D printer, and inside a building at Johnson Space Center in Houston.