Imagine spending two weeks at Mars, and then flying home in only a couple of hours. Science fiction? Not if the Mars we are talking about is an Earth analog site and the home of the Mars Desert Research Station. The current crew of the MDRS is from Georgia Tech, and consists of 6 Tech students at the station and a team of 4 support students in Atlanta. Among them are three INSPIRE alumni, who were anxious to share their experience with their OLC colleagues. Last night, 51 INSPIRE students attended the LiveChat with the MDRS team.
Among those attending were four INSPIRE students who submitted experiments for the MDRS team to perform during their simulation. Hannah M. shared her plant growth experiment, and Abdiel G. shared for his team of Jacky Q and Paul P. about the several projects they proposed. One student, Alex D. was unable to attend but sent information about his experiment. These students then heard first hand how their experiments fared from the MDRS crew.
Besides the LiveChat, we have had daily updates from crew member Lisa Thornsberry. Here is her update from last night:
We had so much fun today sharing our Mars simulation experience with the NASA INSPIRE students! Thanks for time and attention and your great questions! The hab crew would like to give a huge thank you to the INSPIRE program for its support. Also, thanks to our fantastic mission support team for making it possible!I hope you have enjoyed sharing in this experience with the Georgia Tech team!
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