At the beginning of June that the next international SIRIUS experiment is being postponed for six months due to the spread of the coronavirus. Now on the pages of the latest issue of the magazine "β there were details about the organization of this long scientific isolation.
SIRIUS, or Scientific International Research In Unique terrestrial Station, is a series of isolation experiments aimed at studying the psychology and performance of a person in conditions of prolonged exposure to a confined space. Previously, experiments were carried out lasting two weeks and four months, and the upcoming isolation will last eight months (240 days).
It is reported that due to quarantine, the preparation of a new stage of the SIRIUS project has moved to the Internet space. Online conferences are held with potential project participants from other countries: the European Space Agency (ESA), the space departments of Germany and France, a number of universities and industry enterprises.
The start of the experiment, originally planned for November this year, has been postponed to May 2021. Direct training of the crew is expected to begin in the second half of January - early February.
The crew, which will go into voluntary isolation for eight months, will consist of six people. The project directors want to achieve gender balance in the team, as in the previous two experiments.
As part of the experiment, it is planned to simulate a real lunar expedition: flight to the Moon, search for a landing site from orbit, landing on the moon and exit to the surface, return to Earth.
βIt is planned that about 15 countries will take part in this large-scale international project. Among the volunteers from which it is supposed to recruit the crew will be representatives of Russia and the United States, but the option of participation of representatives of other countries is still possible, βthe publication says.
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